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ILLINOIS  HIGHWAY  IMPROVEMENT  BLUEBOOK 


SINCE  Illinois  voted  a  $60,000,000  bond  issue  in  November 
1918  for  state-wide,  permanent  road  construction,  the  Illinois 
Highway  Improvement  Association  has  received  inquiries 
from  30  states  asking  how  such  a  bond  issue  was  carried. 

A  little  example  will  make  it  plain.  Assume  8,000  miles  average 
yearly  automobile  mileage.  Assume  4,000  miles  will  be  over 
medium  to  poor  roads.  Assume  8  miles  per  gallon  of  gasoline 
over  medium  to  poor  roads.  Over  hard  surfaced  roads,  this 
mileage  will  be  doubled,  saving  250  gallons  of  gasoline  at  23  cents 
(Illinois  price),  equals  $57.50  per  year.  This  is  the  amount  the 
automobile  owner  can  afford  to  pay  in  increased  automobile 
taxes  to  have  good  roads  and  then  be  money  in  pocket  by  sav- 
ing on  tires,  springs,  general  wear  and  tear,  etc.  Last  but  not 
least,  comfort  and  pleasurable  travel. 

In  Illinois  it  is  estimated  that  the  increased  automobile  taxes 
will  not  average  over  $12  per  car,  per  year,  which  will  produce 
sufficient  funds  to  take  care  of  the  interest  of  the  $60,000,000  bond 
issue  and  retire  the  bonds. 

Even  the  best:  built  earth  road  in  its  most  favorable  condition  is 
an  expensive  proposition.  Roads  today  are  wisely  being  looked 
at  from  the  investment  standpoint  and  one  of  the  costs  of  a  road 
which  every  user  has  to  pay  is  the  excess  gasoline  consumption 
required  to  overcome  the  resistance  of  mud,  ruts,  a  layer  of 
dust  or  other  irregularities  of  the  surface. 

In  tests  recently  made  at  Cleveland,  Ohio,  five  2-ton  White 
trucks,  carrying  full  load,  averaged  11.78  miles  per  gallon  over 
a  concrete  road  and  5.78  miles  per  gallon  over  an  earth  road  in 
average  condition.  Other  types  of  pavement  showed  results 
varying  as  the  character  of  the  pavement  offered  more  or  less 
resistance  to  traction. 


Earth 

Fair  gravel 

Good  gravel 

Fair  bituminous  macadam 

Fair  brick 

Good  brick 

Concrete 


5.78  miles  per  gallon 

7.19 

9.39 

9.48 

9.88 
11.44 
11.78 


In  other  words,  the  above  table  shows  that  about  104  per  cent 
more  gasoline  was  consumed  by  the  same  truck  operating  under 
same  load,  on  the  earth  road,  than  was  needed  on  the  concrete 
road. 


Illinois  Highway  Improvement 


Price  One  'Dollar 
Laura  K.  Kennedy,  Editor  and  Business  Manager 

Address:  Hotel  La  Salle,  Chicago,  111. 


This  book  is  published  to  meet  the  widespreadfdemand  for 

data  on  the  'Illinois  Plan"  for  a  State  Bond 

Issue  for  &ood  roads 


DEDICATED  to  the  men  and  women  who  so  willingly  gave  of  their  time,  energy  and  means  in  the 

patriotic  endeavor  to  "pull  Illinois  out  of  the  mud,"  and  to  the  business  men  whose  advertising 

patronage  makes  the  publication  of  this  volume  possible. 


lutomobile — 

— Clubs  Start  Campaign,  9. 
— Clubs  Indorse  State  Bond  Issue, 

53. 

—Effect  on  Road  Sentiment,  5. 
— Fees,  First  Law  for  Registration, 

9. 

'  — Fees,  Increase  In,  51. 
— Fees,  Other  States,  75. 
— Fees,  Pay  Cost  of  Roads,  51,  53, 

55,  69. 

— Fees,  Schedule  of,  77. 
Bennett,  Frank  I.,  119. 
Bond  Issues,  County,  43,  49. 
— Financing  Plan,  75,  77. 
—State,  47,  53,  55,  59,  93,  97. 
Bradt,  Samuel  E.,  9,  13,  15,  17,  45, 

47,  49,  69,  119. 
Chicago   Association   of   Commerce, 

39,91. 

Chicago  Automobile  Club,  69. 
Chicago  Automobile  Trade  Associa- 
tion, 69. 

Chicago  Building  Trades  Council,  79. 
Chicago  Federation  of  Labor,  79,  81. 
Chicago  Motor  Club,  9,  69. 
Cohen,  Barney,  79. 
Commercial  Clubs,  91. 
Convict  Labor,  31,  117. 
Cook   County   Truck  Gardeners  and 

Farmers  Association,  83. 
County  Bond  Issues,  43,  49. 
County    Superintendents    of    High- 
ways, 119. 

Deneen,  Charles  S.,  7,  29. 
Department   of    Public    Works    and 

Buildings,  119. 
Dunlap,  H.  M.,  83. 
Dunlap,  Mrs.  H.  M.,  115. 
Dunn,  Robert  W.,  53,  79. 
Dunne,  Edward  F.,  29,  31,  37,  45,  47. 


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CONTENTS 

Edens,  William  G.,  4,  13,  14,  15,  29, 

59,  61,  63. 
Emmerson,  L.  L.,  9. 
Engineers,  Highway,  119. 
Farmers  Aid  In  Campaign,  83. 

— Benefits  from  Roads,  83,  87. 

— Indorse  Good  Roads,  35. 

— Loss  from  Bad  Roads,  31,  84. 
Federal  Aid,  39,  51. 
Finnegan,  Richard  J.,  9,  11,  13,  15. 
Funk,  Frank,  H.  29. 
Gash,  A.  D.,  45. 
Good  Roads  Day,  19,  35,  115. 
Hall,  Arthur  R.,  37,  53. 
Harris,  B.  F.,  9. 
Highway  Associations,  120. 
Highway  Commission,  State,  119. 
Highway  Commissioners — Township, 

121. 

Honor  Award,  89. 
Hull,  W.  E.,  15. 

Illinois  Bankers  Association,  9, 15, 9  J . 
Illinois  Bar  Association,  91. 
Illinois  Corn  Growers  Association,  91. 
Illinois  Farmers  Institute,  83. 
Illinois  Federation  of  Labor,  79. 
Illinois  Federation  of  Women's  Clubs, 

91. 

Illinois    Manufacturers    Assn.,  91. 
Illinois  State  Medical  Society,  91. 
Illinois  Rural  Mail  Carriers'  Associa- 
tion, 83. 

Illinois    State    Dairymen's    Associa- 
tion, 83. 

Illinois  Highway  Improvement  Asso- 
ciation By-Laws,  21. 

— Conventions,  9,  16,  47,  59. 

— Founders  of,  11. 

—Officers,  13,  89. 

— Organized,  9,  13. 

— Plan  of  Organization,  63. 

—Platform,  19. 

Page  No.  One 


Illinois  State  Automobile  Associa- 
tion, 57,  69. 

Johnson,  A.  N.,  45. 

Kennedy,  Laura  K.,  115. 

Labor  Unions,  79. 

Legislature,  7,  37,  57. 

Lowden,  Gov.  Frank  O.,  55,  57,  59, 
89. 

Maintenance  of  Roads,  45. 

Map  of  Bond  Issue  Roads,  130. 

Marked  Trails  (Map),  134. 

Marr,  W.  W.,  45. 

McKinley,  William,  37. 

Movies,  91. 

Officers  of  Highway  Associations,  120 

O'Hara,  Barratt,  37. 

Older,  Clifford  S.,  101. 

Paulman,  Henry,  9,  11,  13. 

Press,  65. 

State  Aid,  9,  19,  41. 

State  Aid  Law,  41. 

State  Aid  Funds  Allotted,  43. 

State  Aid  Maintenance,  45. 

State  Bond  Issue,  47,  53. 

State  Bond  Issue,  Text  of  Law,  97. 

State  Bond  Issue  Roads,  Map,  130. 

State  Bond  Issue,  Vote  on,  93. 

State  Highway  Department,  41,  119. 

State  Highway  Officials,  119. 

State  Miners  Federation,  79. 

Sudduth,  Thomas,  9,  39. 

Superintendents  of  Highways,  119. 

Text  of  State  Bond  Issue  Law,  97. 

Tice,  Homer  J.,  7,  13,  29. 

Township  Highway  Commiss'ers,  121 

Trails — Map,  134. 

Trails — Officers,  120. 

Tynan,  Thomas  J.,  17. 

Vote  on  $60,000,000  Bond  Issue,  93 

Wilson,  James,  45. 

Women's  Clubs,  91. 


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INDEX  TO  ADVERTISEMENTS 


ADVERTISING  SIGNS  Page 

Geraghty  &  Co 86 

AUTOMOBILE  TIRES 

Brunswick-Balke  Collender  Co 112 

Goodrich  Tire  Co 116 

The  Fair 132 

BANKS 

Central  Trust  Co.  of  Illinois 3 

Chicago  Savings  Bank  &  Trust  Co 102 

Continental   &   Commercial   Trust   &    Savings 

Bank 54 

Corn  Exchange  National  Bank 84 

First  National  Bank  of  Joliet 108 

First  Trust  &  Savings  Bank 8 

Foreman  Bros.  Banking  Co 38 

Fort  Dearborn  National  Bank 90 

Greenebaum  Sons  Bank  &  Trust  Co 22 

Illinois  Trust  &  Savings  Bank 12 

Live  Stock  Exchange  National  Bank 30 

Merchants  Loan  &  Trust  Co 64 

National  City  Bank  of  Chicago 68 

Northern  Trust  Co 82 

Peoples  Trust  &  Savings  Bank 78 

Union  Trust  Co 28 

BONDS 

Bolger,  Mosser  &  Willaman 104 

F.  B.  Hitchcock  &  Co 2 

H.  T.  Holtz  &  Co , 52 

Powell,  Garard  &  Co 36 

Shapker,  Waller  &  Co ..   24 

CONTRACTORS 

Brownell  Improvement  Co 60 

Cameron,  Joyce  &  Co 128 

Great  Lakes  Dredge  &  Dock  Co 118 

A.  C.  Loomis  Co 86 

DEPARTMENT  STORES 

The  Fair 116 

DETECTIVE  AGENCIES 
William     J.     Burns     International     Detective 

Agency 108 

ENGINEERS 

H.  M.  Byllesby  &  Co .106 

James  O.  Heyworth  .  .  ,  .  136 

ENGRAVERS 

American  Bank  Note  Co Opposite  120 

EYE  REMEDIES 

Murine  Co .  .  128 

FOODS 

Armour  &  Co .  .   74 

GARAGES 
Hotel  La  Salle  Garage,  Chicago .  .  Inside  Back  Cover 

HIGHWAYS 

National  Parks  Highway ...  .  .   50 

HOTELS 

Fort  Dearborn  Hotel,  Chicago 76 

Jefferson  Hotel,  Peoria 56 

Moraine  Hotel,  Highland  Park 86 

Morrison  Hotel,  Chicago 110 

Hotel  Pfister,  Milwaukee 128 

Hotel  Sherman,  Chicago ...  .  .   76 

INVESTMENT  BANKERS 

John  Burnham  &  Co 76 

Elston  &  Co 96 

Hornblower  &  Weeks 94 

W.  G.  Souders  &  Co 10 

LIFE  INSURANCE 

Federal  Life  Insurance  Co 70 

Illinois  Life  Insurance  Co 

Opposite  Inside  Back  Cover 

National  Life  Insurance  Co. .  .  .  .  106 


MAIL  ORDER  HOUSES  Page 

Montgomery,  Ward  &  Co.  100 

MOTION  PICTURES 

Emerald  Motion  Picture  Co 46 

MOTOR  TRUCKS 

Autocar  Co JQ 

Bird-Sykes  Co gg 

Diamond  T  Motor  Car  Co 6 

Federal  Motor  Truck  Co 40 

Garford  Motor  Truck  Co 18 

General  Motors  Co 10 

International  Harvester  Co 66 

International  Motor  Co 56 

Kelly-Springfield  Motor  Truck  Co 32 

Maxwell  Sales  Co 34 

O'Connell  Truck  Co. Outside  Back  Cover 

Packard  Motor  Car  Co 62 

Paige  Motor  Truck '   gg 

H.  Paulman  Co Inside  Front  Cover 

Pierce  Arrow Inside  Front  Cover 

Stratton-Gramm-Bernstein  Truck  Co 48 

Super  Truck Outside  Back  Cover 

NEWSPAPER  SERVICE 

Western  Newspaper  Union ...  44 

PAVING  BRICK 

Albion  Shale  Brick  Co 88 

Dunn  Wire-Cut  Lug  Brick  Co. ...  42 

PHOTOGRAPHERS 

Moffett  Studio 42 

PNEUMATIC  TOOLS 

Chicago  Pneumatic  Tool  Co 94 

PRINTERS 

Burnett  &  Weinberger  Co 114 

W.  P.  Dunn  Company gg 

Ryan  &  Hart  Co 86 

PUBLICATIONS 

Good  Roads,  New  York 135 

REAL  ESTATE  AGENTS 

Murray  &  Terry 52 

REAL  ESTATE,  MORTGAGE  &  INVESTMENT 
BROKERS 

S.  W.  Straus  &  Co 102 

ROAD  BUILDERS'  EQUIPMENT 
Lee  Loader  &  Body  Co .    104 

ROAD  MACHINERY 
Austin-Western  Road  Machinery  Co. ...          .  .   72 

ROAD  MATERIALS 

Barber  Asphalt  Paving  Co 24 

Barrett  Co 14 

Cameron,  Joyce  &  Co 128 

Cape  Girardeau  Cement  Co 117 

Carmichael  Sand  &  Gravel  Co 24 

Egyptian  Gravel  Co 58 

Illinois  Improvement  &  Ballast  Co 24 

Novaculite 58 

Standard  Oil  Co 

Back  of  Page  Opposite  Inside  Back  Cover 

Tarvia 14 

United  States  Crushed  Stone  Co 18 

Warren  Brothers  Co ...   26 

ROAD  SIGNS 

Burdick  Enamel  Sign  Co 76 

Road  Tests Opposite  Title  Page 

SURETY  COMPANIES 

American  Surety  Co 98 

Joyce  &  Co 80 

TAILORS 

Fred  A.  Munson .  .  62 

TRACTORS 
John  Deere 92 


F.  B.  HITCHCOCK  &  CO. 

Preferred  Stocks  "Bonds 

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ILLINOIS  HIGHWAY  IMPROVEMENT  BLUEBOOK 


Head  of  Successful  Cam- 
paign for  $60,000,000 
Bond  Issue 


WILLIAM  G.  EDENS 

President 
Illinois  Highway  Improvement 

Association 


TO  Mr.  Edens,  the  Illinois 
Highway  Improvement  As- 
sociation owes  the  effective' 
ness  of  its  organization  and  the 
success  of  its  educational  cam- 
paign, extending  over  nearly  seven 
years,  culminating  in  the  approval 
at  the  polls  of  the  $60,000,000  bond 
issue.  Through  his  understanding 
of  the  local  sentiment  in  all  coun- 
ties  of  the  state,  his  wide  acquaint- 
ance among  all  groups  of  citizens 
and  his  ability  to  eliminate  all 
semblance  of  politics  in  his  selec- 
tion of  committees,  the  good  roads 
campaignwas  generally  recognized 
to  be  the  most  throughly  organ- 
ized volunteer  movement  in  the  his- 
tory of  the  state.  Mr.  Edens  is  an 
officer  of  the  Central  Trust  Company 
of  Illinois  and  is  credited  with  hav- 
ing the  most  extensive  personal  ac- 
quaintance of  any  banker  in  the  state. 

President  McKinley  appointed  Mr. 
Edens  assistant  general  superintend- 
ent of  the  free  delivery  system  of 
the  postoffice  department,  in  Octo- 
ber 1897.  Before  that  year,  he  was 
organizing  officer  of  the  Brotherhood 
of  Railroad  Trainmen,  following  a 
service  as  railroad  brakeman  and 
conductor.  He  was  treasurer  of  the 
Hamilton  Club  of  Chicago  and  chair- 
man of  its  political  acftion  committee 
in  1907  and  1908.  He  is  widely  known 
in  American  fraternal  circles. 


WILLIAM  G.  EDENS 


Moffett  Photo 


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THE      START 


Pulling  Illinois  Out  of  the  Mud 


H 


IGHWAY  construction  and  administration  in  Illinois  has  under- 
gone revolutionary  readjustments  in  the  last  seven  years  as  the 
direct  result  of  equally  distinct  changes  in  the  attitude  of  the 
people  due  to  the  new  conditions  of  travel  and  transportation 
brought  about  by  the  automobile. 

From  the  establishment  of  the  commonwealth  until  1913 
public  highway  improvement  was  left  solely  to  the  townships  of  the  state,  of 
which  there  are  1,600.  In  that  year  the  burden  of  the  main-traveled  through 
routes  was  taken  from  the  townships  and  placed  in  the  state  and  in  the  counties, 
of  which  there  are  102. 

Application  of  the  law  of  1913,  however,  did  not  meet  the  popular  demand 
for  an  early  completion  of  a  uniform  system  of  connected,  durable  roads  com- 
mensurate with  the  needs  of  the  commonwealth.  Three  years  of  trial  dem- 
onstrated that  the  law  of  1913,  under  which  102  county  road  systems  were  being 
built,  with  state  financial  aid  and  supervision,  had  some  of  the  disadvantages, 
though  to  a  less  marked  degree,  that  made  the  township  unit  of  administration 
inadequate. 

To  reach  the  goal  of  a  state  system  of  main  highways,  to  whch  the  county 
and  township  roads  would  be  subsidiary,  and  which  would  coordinate  with  the 
federal-aid  roads,  the  law  of  1918  was  passed  by  the  legislature  and  adopted  on 
Nov.  5,  1918,  by  the  people  by  referendum  vote.  Under  this  law  4,800  miles 
of  the  96,000  miles  of  highway  in  the  state  become  state  roads,  to  be  constructed 
from  an  issue  of  $60.000,000  of  bonds,  both  principal  and  interest  of  which  are 
to  be  paid  from  state  automobile  fees. 

THE  SITUATION  IN  1919 

Illinois  in  1919  enters  on  a  new  era  of  road  building  under  the  following 
rough  divisions: 

Eight  hundred  miles  of  federal  aid  roads  to  be  improved  at  the  joint 
expense  of  the  federal  and  state  governments  at  a  cost  of  $24,000,000.  The 
state  portion,  $12,000,000,  will  come  from  the  state  highway  fund,  and  the 
roads  will  be  part  of  the  state  bond  issue  system. 

Four  thousand  eight  hundred  miles  selected  by  the  legislature  and  approved 
by  the  people,  to  be  improved  with  the  proceeds  of  the  $60,000,00  bond  issue, 
under  state  control  and  to  be  maintained  by  the  state  from  the  automobile  fees 
collected  by  the  state.  (Eight  hundred  miles  to  be  improved  by  federal  aid 
as  outlined  in  paragraph  above.) 

Eleven  thousand  two  hundred  miles  selected  by  the  county  boards  with 
approval  of  the  state  highway  commission,  to  be  improved  by  joint  expenditure 
of  the  state  and  the  county  and  that  portion  that  is  of  permanent  construction 
;to  be  maintained  forever  by  the  state. 

Eighty  thousand  miles  to  be  improved  and  maintained  by  the  counties  and 
townships ;  counties  being  empowered  to  assist  townships  to  the  extent  of  25 
per  cent  of  the  cost  of  any  road. 

The  above  brief  outline  tells  the  transformation  from  the  age  of  the  horse  to 
the  age  of  the  motor  car.  The  reformation  under  the  "Illinois  plan"  means  that 

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better  roads  are  being  constructed  for  use  tomorrow  as  well  as  today  and  that  the 
expense  will  be  apportioned  not  only  on  their  present  but  their  future  users. 

Whereas  under  the  old  township  system  the  rural  districts  bore  the  entire 
cost  of  highways,  under  the  new  system  all  taxpayers  bear  their  portion.  High- 
way building  is  now  a  matter  of  expense  and  concern  to  the  city  man  as  well  as 
to  the  ruralist. 

BACK  TO  THE  go's 

In  this  hasty  narration  the  main  points  in  the  story  of  Illinois  highway  refor- 
mation many  facts  and  the  valuable  assistance  given  by  numerous  individuals 
and  groups  must  necessarily  be  omitted.  This  story  will  attempt  to  touch  merely 
the  high  points. 

In  the  early  cp's  students  of  the  highway  problem  realized  that  there  must  be  a 
modernization  of  the  road  and  bridge  laws  so  that  the  patch  work  results  brought 
by  the  township  system  could  be  changed.  Forty-eight  hundred  commissioners, 
three  in  each  townshp,  were  in  charge  of  the  highways  of  the  state,  with  no 
directing  hand  to  guide  their  efforts.  The  first  legislative  attempt  to  study  the 
question  was  made  on  Jan.  12,  1893,  when  Homer  J.  Tice,  a  member  of  the  lower 
house  from  Greenview,  introduced  "a  bill  for  an  act  to  create  a  board  of  state- 
highway  commissioners  and  prescribe  their  powers  and  duties,  and  making  an 
appropriation  to  pay  the  salaries  and  expenses  connected  therewith." 

The  bill  provided  for  three  members  on  a  commission  appointed  by  the  gov- 
ernor, at  salaries  of  $2,500  each,  "to  institute  investigations  as  to  the  building  of 
permanent  hard  roads"  to  collect  information  as  to  the  amount  of  money  ex- 
pended by  the  townships  for  roads  and  bridges,  to  study  the  best  methods  of 
grading  and  draining,  to  collect  facts  about  hard  roads  in  cities,  other  states  and 
foreign  countries  and  to  investigate  whether  the  work  of  building  hard  roads  in 
Illinois  should  be  done  by  counties,  townships  or  districts."  This  bill  died  in 
committee  because  of  the  opposuion  of  delegations  of  farmers  who  declared 
that  a  hard  road  scheme  in  Illinois  would  "ruin  them." 

GOVERNOR  DENEEN'S  REPORT 

In  1905  the  first  state  commission  was  created  to  investigate  the  subject  of 
highway  improvement  and  to  assist  local  road  authorities  in  the  construction  of 
roads  and  bridges.  The  commission,  by  distributing  crushed  stone  from  the 
state  penitentiaries,  and  by  other  means  carried  on  a  campaign  of  education 
designed  to  overcome  the  belief  that  Illinois  soil  conditions  made  it  impossible 
designed  to  overcome  the  belief  that  Illinois  soil  conditions  made  it  impossible 
to  build  durable  roads  at  reasonable  cost.  The  commission  was  given  the  active 
examined  for  local  road  officials  1,324  bridges,  made  designs  for  and  super- 
vised the  construction  of  632  bridges  and  constructed  highways  that  cost 
$2,840,000.  The  commission  served  without  compensation  and  used  in  its  work 
appropriations  that  grew  from  $25,000  to  $100,000  a  year. 

Members  of  the  commission  early  reached  the  conclusion  that  the  growing 
number  of  automobiles  must  sooner  or  later  result  in  a  radical  change  in  the 
highway  administration.  At  first  the  city  automobile  owner  was  met  with  resent- 
ment in  the  rural  districts.  When  the  pleasure  car  appeared  on  the  farm,  when 
the  business  motor  began  its  excursions  from  the  city  and  later  started  to  sup- 
plant the  team  and  wagon  for  farm  transportation — then  the  farmer  and  the 
country  member  of  the  legislature  turned  a  sympathetic  ear  to  the  city  man's 
plea  for  better  roads.  It  was  in  this  transitory  period  that  the  public  mind  got  its 
first  impression  of  the  folly  of  saddling  the  whole  expense  of  highway  improve- 
ment and  maintenance  on  the  township. 

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buys  and  offers  for  sale  carefully 
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State  Wide  Organization 

Motor  License  Fees  Open  Way 

IN  the  Forty-seventh  general  assembly  Representative  Tice  introduced  on 
March  15,  1911,  a  bill  providing  for  a  uniform  system  of  license  for 
automobiles  and  for  the  exclusive  use  of  all  funds  derived  from  that 
source  on  the  permanent  improvement  of  hard  roads.     To  meet  the 
emergency  created  by  the  automobile  traffic  various  local  municipalities 
had  tried  to  enforce  the  collection  of  special  road  taxes  against  motor 
cars  and  Mr.  Tice's  bill  was  designed  to  do  away  with  the  evil  of  a  multiplicity 
of  such  tariffs.    The  Tice  bill  was  adopted  and  the  collection  of  the  first  state 
aid  money  was  started. 

This  legislation  brought  into  being  committees  on  good  roads  in  the  various 
automobile  clubs  of  the  state.  President  Charles  E.  Gregory  of  the  Chicago 
Motor  Club  and  Henry  Paulman,  a  director  of  that  organization,  toward  the 
end  of  1911,  put  before  the  directors  of  the  club  a  proposal  for  an  intensive 
campaign  for  the  improvement  of  the  highways  of  Cook  county,  to  connect  up 
with  the  better  highways  of  Indiana  and  with  those  of  the  Fox  river  valley,  to  the 
west.  A  committee  on  good  roads,  of  which  Richard  J.  Finnegan  was  chairman, 
was  set  upon  this  task.  After  a  thorough  study  of  the  question  the  committee 
reported  that  under  the  then  existing  laws  nothing  could  be  done  to  improve  the 
roads.  / 

"We  must  improve  our  laws  before  we  can  improve  our  roads,"  the  com- 
mittee reported.  "There  should  be  a  state-wide  association  composed  of  all 
organizations  and  individuals  interested  in  good  roads." 

FIRST  CONFERENCE  MARCH  12,  1912 

Chairman  Finnegan  recommended  cooperation  with  other  organizations  and 
the  committee  was  given  carte  blanc  instructions  to  "go  the  limit"  on  a  plan  to 
organize  a  state  highway  association. 

The  Motor  Club  committee  issued  a  call  for  a  conference  to  convene  at  the 
Hotel  Sherman,  Chicago,  on  March  12,  1912.  The  Illinois  Bankers  association, 
the  Illinois  Manufacturers  association  and  other  state  organizations  were  invited 
to  send  representatives.  City  and  county  officials  in  the  northern  part  of  the 
state  and  automobile  clubs,  farmers'  organizations  and  other  bodies  were  also 
invited. 

The  delegates  elected  Mr.  Finnegan  presiding  officer  of  the  conference,  to 
which  was  explained  the  necessity  of  a  complete  revision  of  the  road  and  bridge 
laws  of  the  state.  One  of  the  most  valuable  contributions  to  the  conference  was 
that  read  by  S.  E.  Bradt,  chairman  of  the  good  roads  committee  of  the  Bankers 
association,  under  appointment  of  President  B.  F.  Harris.  Other  members  of 
that  committee  were  Thomas  Sudduth,  O.  W.  Hoit,  O.  P.  Bourland  and  L.  L. 
Emmerson.  The  committee  had  sent  a  questionnaire  to  bankers  throughout  the 
state  and  had  compiled  figures  showing  the  waste,  extravagance  and  inefficiency 
of  the  prevailing  system. 

This  report  said  in  part : 

"The  townships  are  generally  of  the  same  size  and  have  on  an  average  about 
75  miles  of  country  roads.  Under  our  present  road  laws,  each  township  is 
obliged  to  build  its  own  roads  regardless  of  its  population  or  taxable  property, 

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i.  e.,  whether  a  town  has  200  inhabitants  or  200,000,  whether  it  has  $500,000  of 
taxable  property  or  $100,000,000,  it  has  practically  the  same  amount  of  roads 
to  build ;  and  for  whom  ? 

TOWNSHIPS  WERE  OVERBURDENED 

"If  the  inhabitants  of  each  town  used  its  own  roads  and  no  others,  then  the 
present  law  might  be  considered  a  just  one,  but  such  is  not  the  case.  It  must  be 
remembered  that  the  inhabitants  of  the  townships  having  the  larger  assessed 
valuation  are  without  question  larger  users,  for  both  business  and  pleasure,  of 
the  roads  in  the  adjoining  rural  townships  than  are  the  residents  of  these  same 
townships  themselves.  Again,  whenever  the  residents  of  these  rural  townships 


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RICHARD  J.  FINNEGAN, 
Vice-President 

Mr.  Finnegan  became  interested  in  good  roads  when 
1  he  carried  on  a  campaign  for  good  roads  for  The 
Chicago  Daily  Journal  in  1910-1911.  He  was  appointed 
chairman  of  the  good  roads  committee  of  the  Chicago 
Motor  Club  in  1912  and  proposed  the  organization  of 
a  state  association.  He  presided  at  the  first  meeting 
of  the  state  association  and  was  elected  its  first 
secretary-  He  has  been  vice-president  since  1915. 
Mr.  Finnegan  is  managing  editor  of  The  Chicago 
Journal.  He  was  in  general  charge  of  the  publicity  of 
the  state  campaign  from  1912  to  1919.  He  is  Vice- 
President  of  the  Dixie  Highway  for  Illinois. 


HENRY  PAULMAN, 
Chairman  Finance  Committee 

Mr.  Paulman  got  behind  the  proposal  to  organize  a 
state  highway  association  in  1912  and  has  had  his 
heavy  shoulder  to  the  wheel  ever  since.  Some  of  the 
most  burdensome  of  the  work  during  seven  years  has 
fallen  to  his  lot,  involving  many  personal  sacrifices. 
Mr.  Paulman  has  been  instrumental  in  getting  the 
motor  interests  of  the  state  to  line  up  for  good  roads 
with  a  united  front.  For  many  years  he  was  treasurer 
of  the  Chicago  Automobile  Trade  Association  and  is 
now  president  of  the  Illinois  State  Automobile  Asso- 
ciation. He  is  head  of  H.  Paulman  &  Co.,  Fierce- 
Arrow  distributors  in  Chicago. 


use  their  roads,  it  is  generally  for  the  purpose  of  hauling  farm  produce  to  the 
city  which  its  people  must  have,  or  for  carrying  home  with  them  such  articles 
as  the  city  merchants  have  for  sale  and  very  often  both  in  the  same  trip.  The 
fact  is  that  the  townships  in  which  the  cities  are  located  are  being  built  up  and 
supported  in  a  large  degree  by  the  trade  and  commerce  of  the  rural  town- 
ships. 

The  city  of  Chicago,  paying  one-third  of  our  state  taxes,  bears  no  part  of 
the  tax  burden  of  the  country  roads.    The  state  of  Illinois  is  Chicago's  largest 

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SPENDABLE  and  economical 
means  for  the  prompt  move- 
ment of  passengers  and  freight  are 
a  prime  essential  of  modern  life,  and 
the  business  and  social  activities  of 
a  community  can  expand  only  as  it 
possesses  or  acquires  such  necessary 
facilities. 

For  many  years  this  bank  has  helped 
in  the  financing  of  all  forms  of  trans- 
portation, including  steam  and  elec- 
tric railways,  steamships,  city  streets 
and  country  roads.  It  looks  forward 
to  the  new  road  building  program 
of  the  State  of  Illinois  as  another  im- 
portant contribution  to  the  State's 
commercial  and  social  growth. 


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commercial  feeder.  The  citizens  of  Chicago  are  large  users  of  the  country  roads 
and  if  by  reason  of  better  roads  the  farmer  is  able  to  make  a  saving  in  deliver- 
ing his  farm  produce  to  the  shipping  point,  her  citizens  will  surely  get  their  share 
of  the  benefits.  Chicago  can  properly  assist  the  country  towns  in  this  road  im- 
provement only  through  a  state  tax. 

"The  country  roads  have  always  been  a  matter  of  deep  concern  to  our  people, 
but  with  the  coming  of  the  automobile  a  community  of  interest  in  good  roads 
has  sprung  up  that  is  not  only  state-wide  but  is  as  wide  as  the  continent.  With- 
out doubt,  the  equity  of  the  situation  demands  that  the  township  be  assisted  by 
the  federal  government,  the  state  and  the  county." 

Homer  J.  Tice,  as  chairman  o-f  a  special  committee  of  the  legislature  investi- 
gating the  road  situation,  in  an  address  founded  on  a  forthcoming  report,  gave 
conclusions  similar  to  those  reached  by  the  bankers'  committee. 

Every  interest  represented  at  the  conference  was  heard  and  each  expressed 
a  desire  to  take  part  in  a  state  movement  for  an  educational  campaign  in  favor 
of  road  law  reform  as  outlined  by  the  Motor  Club  committee.  The  delegates 
voted  to  constitute  themselves  into  the  Illinois  Highway  Improvement  Associa- 
tion. 

REPORT  OF  ORGANIZATION  COMMITTEE 

Following  is  the  report  of  the  organization  committee  returned  to  the  con- 
ference : 
Report  of  a  Committee  of  Ten  appointed  by  Chairman  Richard  J.  Finnegan 

as  per  Resolution  adopted  at  Good  Roads  Conference,  Hotel  Sherman, 

March  I2th  at  2  p.  m. 

Committee  was  composed  of  the  following:  C.  G.  Miller,  Cairo;  S.  E.  Bradt, 
DeKalb;  O.  W.  Hoit,  Geneseo;  Philip  Freiler,  Elgin;  H.  Paulman,  Chicago; 
J.  B.  McGuire,  East  St.  Louis ;  M.  L.  H.  Odea,  LaSalle ;  W.  E.  Hull,  Peoria ; 
Charles  George,  Cordova. 

Mr.  Hull  was  elected  chairman  and  Mr.  Paulman  secretary  of  the  committee. 
On  a  motion  made  by  Mr.  Freiler  seconded  by  Mr.  McGuire,  the  name  of  the 
permanent  organization  to  be  THE  ILLINOIS  HIGHWAY  IMPROVE- 
MENT ASSOCIATION.  This  was  adopted. 

On  a  motion  by  Mr.  Odea,  seconded  by  Mr.  Miller,  the  chairman  was  au- 
thorized to  appoint  a  committee  of  three  to  prepare  by-laws.  This  committee  con- 
sists of  Philip  Freiler  of  Elgin,  Mr.  Odea  of  LaSalle,  and  Mr.  Paulman  of 
Chicago. 

A  committee  of  three  was  then  appointed  as  per  resolution  to  nominate  offi- 
cers. The  following  nominations  were  then  made : 

For  President — William  G.  Edens,  Chicago. 
First  Vice  Pres.— S.  E.  Bradt,  DeKalb. 
Second  Vice  Pres. — C.  A.  Kiler,  Champaign. 
Third  Vice  Pres.— C.  G.  Miller,  Cairo. 
Fourth  Vice  Pres. — Mayor  Garner,  Quincy. 
Treasurer,  Thomas  Sudduth,  Springfield. 
Secretary,  R.  J.  Finnegan,  Chicago. 

Nine  directors  were  nominated  with  Mr.  W.  E.  Hull  as  chairman,  the  other 
eight  consisting  of  the  following: 

O.  W.  Hoit,  Phil  Freiler,  H.  Paulman,  Eugene  Funk,  J.  B.  McGuire,  M.  L. 
Odea,  Charles  George,  H.  G.  Herget. 

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HIGHWAY,  ILLINOIS,  BEFORE  TARVIA  WAS  USED. 


HAS  DONE.     NOTE  SMOOTH,   DUSTLESS  SURFACE. 


How  One  Man  Carried  the  Bond  Issue  — 


A  well-known  county  engineer  tells  this  story, 
and  it's  the  best  good-roads  story  <we  e*ver 
heard. 

He  says  the  county  was  in  terrible  need  of 
better  roads.  The  mud  all  through  the  district 
was  so  deep  that  it  was  impossible  to  use  wagons, 
all  traveling  being  done  either  on  foot  or  horse- 
back. In  spite  of  the  need  there  was  little  en- 
thusiasm for  good  roads  when  the  Board  of 
County  Commissioners  met.  Every  one  was 
afraid  of  the  presumed  high  cost  and  increased 
taxes.  A  farmer  in  the  back  of  the  room  arose. 

"Mr.  Chairman,"  he  said,  "I  ain't  fit  to 
address  a  dignified  meeting  like  this,  but  that's 
because  I've  had  to  travel  for  ten  miles  over 
the  kind  of  roads  you  give  us.  - 

"I  couldn't  drive,  I  had  to  ride  horseback. 
§|"My  boots  are  covered  with  mud;  my  trous- 
ers are  covered  with  mud;    my  coat  is   covered 
with  mud;  my  hat  is  covered  with  mud;    and  if 


I  hadn't  stopped  to  wash  it  my  face  would  be 
covered  with  mud,  too. 

"I  look  as  if  I  had  crawled  here  on  my  hands 
and  knees,  and  I'm  only  half  through  because 
I've  still  got  to  go  back,  with  $5.00  worth  of 
groceries  that  I  bought  from  brother  Fletcher. 

"If  there  had  been  a  good,  hard  road  that  my 
old  horse  could  climb  up  and  draw  in  a  load  of 
lumber  that  I've  got  ready,  I  would  have 
bought  $25.00  worth  of  groceries  instead  of 
$5.00  worth,  and  there  would  have  been  that 
much  more  money  in  town  to-night.  " 

And  the  mud-covered  farmer  sat  down! 

Other  speakers  took  up  his  case.  They  point- 
ed out  that  good  roads  were  an  asset  instead  of 
a  liability;  an  economy  instead  of  an  expense; 
that  they  brought  money  into  a  town  and  great- 
ly increased  the  markets. 

The  result  was  that  the  commissioners  enthusiastically  passed  a 
resolution  to  issue  bonds  enough  to  give  them  several  miles  of 
good  roads. 

Today  the  county  is  more  prosperous  than  ever,  school  con- 
ditions are  better  and  the  amount  of  traffic  going  in  and  out  of  the 
town  has  increased  several  hundred  percent, 

The  old-time  hostility  to  good  roads  by  taxpayers  is  fast  passing 
away.  Mud  holes  may  look  cheap,  but  they  are  the 
costliest  thing  any  community  can  have  around. 

If  you  will  build  and  maintain  your  roads  with 
Tarvia  you  will  have  dustless,  mudless,  frost-proof 
highways  that  cost  little  to  construct  and  maintain. 
Tarvia  has  removed  the  last  obstacle  to  the  Good 
Roads  Movement  because  its  use  insures  good 
roads  at  low  cost. 


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The  sense  of  this  meeting  was  that  the  nine  members  selected  as  Board  of  Di- 
rectors recommend  that  Mr.  Hull  be  made  chairman  and  that  the  officers  of  this 
association  be  made  ex-officio  members  of  the  Board  of  Directors.  This  motion 
was  made  by  Mr.  Odea,  seconded  by  Mr.  Miller  and  adopted  as  read. 

A  legislative  committee  was  nominated  which  consists  of  the  following  mem- 
bers :  Mr.  Paulman,  Mr.  Odea  and  Mr.  Finnegan,  with  instructions  to  draft  a 
skeleton  of  a  good  roads  bill  to  be  presented  at  the  next  meeting. 

The  membership  dues  to  this  association  to  be  $2  annually. 

Respectfully  submitted,  W.  E.  Hull,  Chairman,  H.  Paulman,  Secretary. 

WILLIAM   G.   EDENS   ELECTED    PRESIDENT 

The  conference  adopted  the  report  of  the  committee.  Mr.  Edens'  election  as 
president  came  as  a  surprise  to  him,  because  he  was  not  in  attendance  at  the 
conference.  Members  of  the  organization  committee,  however,  vouched  that 
he  was  the  "one  man  in  Illinois  who  has  the  energy,  tact,  diplomacy  and  acquaint- 
ance to  make  the  movement  a  success."  Mr.  Edens'  future  career  as  president, 
a  position  to  which  he  has  been  reelected  annually  amply  justifies  his  reelection. 

With  his  acceptance  of  the  place  the  movement  to  "pull  Illinois  out  of  the 
mud"  was  started  in  earnest,  with  a  strong  union  of  energetic  forces. 


AN  EARLY  EXHIBIT  OF  THE  BANKERS'  ASSOCIATION 

Township  map  showing  that  if  improved  high- 
ways are  constructed  across  the  state  every  six 
miles  in  both  directions,  108  out  of  144  quarter 
sections  in  each  township  will  either  be  directly 
on  an  improved  road  or  within  one  mile  of  an 
improved  road.  15  to  25%  of  road  mileage  car- 
ries  85  to  90%  of  all  traffic.  15  to  20%  of  road 
mileage  carries  60  to  70%  of  the  local  farm 
traffic. 

NOTE. — In  very  few  townships  are  roads  laid 
out  along  all  section  lines,  as  shown  here.  The 
i, 600  townships  in  the  state  do  not  average  quite 
s  60  miles  of  country  roads  to  the  township ;  hence, 
12  miles  of  improved  road  will  cover  more  than 
20%  of  the  country  road  mileage  in  each  town- 
ship. 

A-A  represents  the  12  miles  of  main  improved 
roads. 

B-B   represents  the  roads  only  one  mile  from 
improved  road. 
Dark  shading  represents  the  44  quarter   sections  lying  directly  on  this  main  road. 

Light  shading  represents  the  64  quarter  sections  lying  on  a  road  only  a  mile  distant 
from  the  improved  road. 

No  shading  represents  the  36  quarter  sections  lying  more  than  one  mile  from  the  im- 
proved road. 

Thirty  per  cent  of  all  quarter  sections  would  front  directly  on  the  improved  roads, 
while  an  additional  45  per  centi  would  be  on  a  road  only  one  mile  distant  from  the  im- 
proved road,  and  leaving  only  25%  more  than  one  mile  from  the  improved  road. 

(Note — This  map  and  explanation  were  distributed  in  1911  by  S.  E.  Bradt,  who  in  1916  was  the  first  to  suggest 

a  plan  for  a  State  bond  issue.) 


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DELEGATES   TO  FIRST   STATE 


First  State  Convention 


Declaration  of  Principles 

BECAUSE  the  Chicago  conference  was  widely  heralded  by  the  press 
of  the  state,  officers  of  the  association  were  deluged  with  requests 
for  information  about  it  from  all  sections.  Was  it  true  that  at  last 
a  central  organization  had  been  formed  for  the  purpose  of  making 
a  united  front  against  mud?  It  seemed  too  good  to  be  true  to  hun- 
dreds of  anxious  inquirers. 

During  the  spring  and  summer  the  purposes  of  the  association  were  ex- 
ploited in  a  systematic  way,  and  after  various  groups  had  become  interested 
actively  a  call  was  sent  out  for  a  state  convention  at  the  Jefferson  Hotel,  Peoria. 
on  September  27,  1912.  The  convention  was  called  in  the  following  manner: 
Each  member  of  the  legislature  was  invited  to  attend  personally  and  appoint 
in  addition  three  delegates  from  his  district.  The  various  agricultural,  com- 
mercial, labor,  banking,  real  estate,  automobile,  good  roads,  medical,  rural 
letter  carriers,  central  women's  clubs,  highway  commissioners,  teachers  and 
lawyers'  organizations  and  similar  bodies  were  asked  to  appoint  delegates. 
It  was  a  wide  open  invitation. 

If  all  who  were  invited  had  attended,  not  a  hall  in  all  Illinois  would  have 
been  large  enough  to  hold  the  delegates.  But  the  idea  was  to  demonstrate 
that  the  movement  was  one  to  which  the  counsel  and  cooperation  of  the  whole 
state  was  welcome — and,  indeed,  this  purpose  was  followed  not  only  at  the 
start  in  1912,  but  right  through  to  the  end  of  the  1918  campaign  for  the 
$60,000,000  bond  issue. 

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TION   AT   PEORIA,   SEPT.  27,   1912. 

About  one  hundred  and  fifty  delegates  attended  the  Peoria  convention.  The 
delegates  were  men  who  had  been  laboring  with  the  good  roads  problem  for 
years  and  it  would  have  been  hard  to  pick  a  group  that  more  faithfully  repre- 
sented the  sentiment  of  every  strata  of  interest  and  opinion. 

In  opening  the  meeting  President  Edens  reminded  the  delegates  that  they 
were  a  unique  group,  about  to  make  history.  It  seemed  almost  impossible  to 
realize  that  progressive  Illinois  never  before  had  had  a  state  convention  of  all 
interests  to  take  up  the  good  roads  subject  in  a  business  like  way.  Mr.  Edens 
said  that  the  officers  of  the  Association  had  no  programme,  that  the  convention 
belonged  to  the  delegates  and  that  the  officers  were  pledged  to  work  toward 
the  carrying  out  of  any  plan  that  might  result  from  the  deliberations  of  the 
body. 

Oratory  was  taboo  and  leaders  of  various  groups  were  called  upon  to  state 
the  case  against  mud  roads  and  present  their  suggestions  for  a  solution  of  the 
problem.  B.  F.  Harris,  retiring  president  of  the  state  Bankers  Association; 
A.  P.  Grout,  president  of  the  State  Farmers  Institute ;  Edwin  R.  Wright,  presi- 
dent of  the  Illinois  Federation  of  Labor;  Homer  J.  Tice,  chairman  of  the 
Legislative  Committee  on  Roads ;  Joseph  R.  Fulkerson,  farmer,  and  president 
of  the  Illinois  Highway  Commission ;  S.  E.  Bradt,  chairman  of  the  good  roads 
committee  of  the  Bankers  Association  and  Thomas  J.  Tynan,  warden  of  the 
Colorado  penitentiary,  were  among  the  speakers. 

The  deliberations  lasted  from  morning  till  night.  It  was  decided  that  the 
convention  should  go  on  record  before  the  state  with  a  declaration  of  princi- 
ples, or  platform ;  that  a  campaign  be  waged  to  have  the  platform  indorsed  by 
as  many  organizations  as  possible ;  and  that  the  platform  and  the  indorsements 
be  taken  before  the  Forty-eighth  general  assembly,  which  was  to  convene  the 
following  January,  with  a  demand  that  legislation  embracing  the  principal 
points  be  enacted. 

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ILLINOIS  HIGHWAY  IMPROVEMENT  BLUEBOOK 


MOTOR 
TRUCKS 


Reliable,  Dependable,  Efficient 

1  to  3%  tons  Worm  Drive 
5  to  6  tons  Chain  Drive 
7  to  10  tons  Tractors 


Garford  Motor  Truck  Co. 

Incorporated  ^^ 

^        Users 

23rd  and  Indiana  Ave.,  CHICAGO,  ILL.     ^         Reference 


United  States  Crushed  Stone  Co. 

General  Offices:  108  South  La  Salle  St. 

Telephone  r*uif«  *r<r\  Quarries 

Franklin  884  CHICAGO  McCook,  III. 


Manufacturers  of  Crushed  Limestone  for 

Water-Bound  Macadam,  Concrete,  Asphalt  Macadam 

Asphaltic  Concrete,  Brick 

ROADS 

Washed  Limestone  Crusher  Sand  for  Concrete 
Roads  and  Bridges 

Bonding  Screenings  for  Water-Bound  Macadam  Roads 
Carload  shipments  to  all  points.       Daily  capacity  7000  tons 

RAIL  CONNECTIONS 
A.T.&S.F.Ry.       I.H.B.RR.       B.&O.CT.RR.       C&I.  W.RR. 


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ILLINOIS  HIGHWAY  IMPROVEMENT  BLUEBOOK 
THE  PLATFORM  ADOPTED. 

The  platform  adopted  follows : 

Illinois,  foremost  among  the  states  in  her  natural  resources,  finds  her  general  wel- 
fare retarded  by  a  system  of  wretched  public  highways,  constructed,  maintained  and 
administered  under  a  method  in  vogue  centuries  ago,  which  is  unadapted  to  the  problems 
presented  by  modern  traffic  and  out  of  harmony  with  the  advancement  of  the  state  in 
other  directions. 

Illinois  has  only  to  look  around  her  and  see  what  neighboring  states  have  accomplished 
in  road  improvement  to  realize  that  her  highways  are  far  behind  the  times. 

A  great  network  of  95,000  miles  of  country  wagon  roads  is  left  to  the  haphazard 
efforts  of  4,800  highway  commissioners,  working  independently  of  each  other,  poorly 
paid,  largely  inexperienced,  who  are  provided  with  inadequate  funds. 

TAXPAYERS'  MONEY  WASTED. 

Careful  investigation  has  shown  that  of  the  $7,000,000  expended  annually  on  our  high- 
ways, approximately  37^/2%  is  wasted,  and  in  some  townships  a  much  greater  percentage 
is  spent  without  permanent  benefit.  Our  highways  themselves  are  the  unanswerable 
argument  that  Illinois  must  abandon  a  road  system  that  is  complex,  wasteful  and  in- 
efficient. 

We  recommend  State  legislation  which  will  provide  for: 

1.  State    and   county    co-operation    in    the    construction,    and    maintenance    of    main 
highways  and  bridges. 

2.  A    non-political    state    highway   commission    of    at    least    three    competent    mem- 
bers, who  shall  devote  their  entire  time  to  their  duties. 

3.  Improvement    (in   such   counties   as   elect  to   come   under  the   provisions   of   the 
law)    of   main,   continuous,    inter-county   highways    connecting   county   seats    and   other 
important  cities,  principally  at  the  expense  of  the  state  and  county;   such  roads  to  be 
selected  and  improved  by  county  authorities,  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  state  high- 
way commission,  and  after  improvement  to  be  turned  over  to  the  state   for  perpetual 
maintenance. 

4.  Improvement,  maintenance  and  control   of   remaining  roads    (about  80%   of  the 
whole)   under  supervision  of  county  and  township  authorities. 

5.  Effective  measures   to  guarantee  maintenance  after   roads   are  once  constructed. 

6.  Use  of  the  state  automobile  tax,  together  with   such   other   funds  as  the   legis- 
lature may  appropriate,  in  the  improvement  of  highways. 

7.  Extension    of    the   employment   of    prisoners    in    state    institutions    in   the   prepa- 
ration of  material  for  road  building,  and  the  use  of  state  prisoners — under  state  direc- 
tion— on  an  honor  system,  in  actual  road  work  when  practicable. 

8.  Payment  of  all  road  taxes  in  cash. 

9.  Compulsory  dragging  of  all  dirt  roads. 

10.  Safety  of  road  users,  such  as  "Rules  of  the  Road,"  and  the  proper  construc- 
tion and  guarding  of  crossings  at  railroads  and  intersection  of  streets  and  highways. 

FEDERAL   AID. 

We  favor  federal  aid  in  the  construction  and  maintenance  of  post  roads  and 
national  highways,  and  we  request  representatives  of  Illinois  in  Congress  to  work 
toward  this  end. 

GOOD    ROADS    DAY. 

We  recommend  the  designation  by  the  governor,  or  by  the  legislature,  of  an  an- 
nual Good  Roads  Day,  on  which  the  attention  of  the  whole  people,  especially  teachers 
and  pupils  in  the  public  and  normal  schools  and  the  state  university,  will  be  directed 
toward  the  importance  of  improved  highways. 

SOME   GOOD   ROADS    BENEFITS. 

Improved  roads  mean  better  schools  and  larger  attendance ;  better  health  and 
quicker  medical  attention ;  better  farms  and  more  cultivated  land ;  better  crops  and 
cheaper  transportation ;  better  economic  conditions  and  more  producers ;  better  social 
conditions  and  less  isolation ;  better  church  attendance  and  better  citizens ;  better  postal 
service  and  closer  friends ;  better  business  and  more  consumers ;  better  industries  and 
more  employment ;  a  better  state  and  a  better  nation. 

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Good  Roads  will  lower 
the  cost  of  every  pound 
hauled  over  them.  Good 
Roads  will  increase  the 
value  of  every  foot  of 
land  adjacent. 


THE  AUTOCAR  COMPANY 

Manufacturers  of  Motor  Trucks 
ARDMORE,  PA. 


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BY-LAWS  OF  ASSOCIATION. 

The  convention  also  adopted  by-laws  for  the  Illinois  Highway  Improve- 
ment Association,  as  follows : 

REGULATIONS. 
ARTICLE  I. 

Name. 

Section  I.  The  name  of  this  organization  shall  be  the  Illinois  Highway  Improve- 
ment Association. 

ARTICLE  II. 

Object. 

Section  i.  The  object  is  to  harmonize  and  correlate  all  efforts  for  the  improve- 
ment of  the  public  wagon  roads  of  Illinois,  to  the  end  that  an  adequate  and  efficient 
system  of  road  construction,  administration  and  maintenance  will  be  adoped. 

ARTICLE  III. 
Headquarters. 

Section  i.  The  official  headquarters  of  this  association  shall  be  located  and  main- 
tained in  the  City  of  Chicago,  Illinois. 

ARTICLE  IV. 

Membership. 

Section  i.  Membership  in  this  association  shall  consist  of  four  classes:  Active, 
Sustaining,  Contributing  and  Associate  membership.  Annual  dues  shall  be  paid  by 
each  class  as  provided  in  this  article. 

Sec.  2.  Active  Members.  The  active  membership  of  this  association  shall  be 
composed  of  all  persons  who  are  members  of  record,  September  27,  1912,  and  those 
who  shall  make  written  application  to  the  secretary  and  pay  annual  dues  for  one  year 
in  advance.  The  dues  of  this  class  shall  be  $2  per  year.  Membership  in  this  class 
shall  begin  with  written  acceptance  by  the  secretary. 

Sec.  3.  Contributing  Members.  The  contributing  membership  shall  consist  of 
all  persons,  corporations  or  organizations  who  deem  it  their  duty  to  promote  the 
common  welfare  by  voluntary  contributions  to  the  work  of  the  association.  The  con- 
tribution of  this  class  may  be  any  amount  in  excess  of  $5. 

Sec.  4.  Sustaining  Members.  The  sustaining  membership  shall  consist  of  all 
persons  or  organizations  who  make  written  application  to  the  secretary  and  pay  dues 
for  sustaining  membership  one  year  in  advance.  The  annual  dues  of  this  class  shall 
be  $100  or  more. 

Sec.  5.  Associate  Members.  The  associate  membership  shall  be  composed  of 
ministers  of  the  gospel,  teachers  in  public  schools,  instructors  in  colleges  and  uni- 
versities, who  shall  make  written  application  to  the  secretary  and  pay  annual  dues 
for  one  year  in  advance.  The  annual  dues  of  this  class  to  be  $i. 

Sec.  6.  All  dues  shall  be  paid  annually  in  advance.  Members  three  months  in 
arrears  shall  not  be  allowed  to  resign  without  payment  of  dues  for  the  current  year. 
Members  in  arrears  may  be  dropped  from  the  membership  list  by  order  of  the  Board 
of  Directors. 

Sec.  7.  Members  shall  not  be  liable  for  any  dues  or  assessments  other  than  the 
payment  of  annual  dues  as  herein  provided.  The  officers  of  this  association  shall 
not  have  power  to  contract  any  debts  or  liabilities  of  any  kind,  which  in  the  aggre- 
gate are  in  excess  of  funds  available  for  the  use  of  the  association,  for  which  the 
association  or  its  membership  individually  or  collectively  can  be  held  responsible. 

ARTICLE  V. 

Voting    Privileges. 

Section  i.  Active,  Contributing  and  Sustaining  members  of  the  association  shall 
be  entitled  to  participate  in  its  proceedings  and  vote  upon  all  questions  that  may 
come  before  the  association.  Associate  members  shall  be  entitled  to  participate  in 
discussing  all  questions  before  the  association,  but  shall  not  be  entitled  to  vote  thereon. 
Voting  by  proxy  shall  not  be  allowed. 

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ILLINOIS  HIGHWAY  IMPROVEMENT  BLUEBOOK 


Where 
you  will 
feel  at  home 


Capital  and  Surplus  $2,000,000 

Our  Complete  Banking 
Service  to  Investors 

INCLUDES  THE  FOLLOWING 
DEPARTMENTS 

COMMERCIAL  —  Checking  Accounts  invited.  We  extend  to  our  depositors 
every  facility  consistent  with  sound  banking  principles.  Certificates  of 
Deposit  issued  ;  loans  made  on  approved  collateral. 

SAVINGS  —  Deposits  of  $1  or  more  received  and  interest  allowed  at  the 
rate  of  3%  per  annum. 

TRUST  —  Acts  as  Executor,  Administrator,  Guardian,  Conservator  and 
Trustee  under  Deeds  and  Wills.  Assumes  management  of  property. 

FOREIGN  —  Foreign  Exchange  and  Letters  of  Credit.  Foreign  collections. 
We  have  the  largest  and  most  complete  list  of  correspondents. 

LOAN—  Loans  made  on  improved  Chicago  Real  Estate;  also  for  building 
purposes.  Bond  issues  underwritten.  Central  Realty  Loans. 

INVESTMENT—  Sale  of  choice  Chicago  First  Mortgages  and  Real  Estate 
Gold  Bonds,  which  the  Bank  has  first  negotiated  with  its  own  funds, 
after  making  a  rigid  investigation.  We  guarantee  each  loan  to  be  a 
First  Mortgage 


AND  TRUST  COMPANY 

South  East  Corner  La  Salle  and  Madison  Streets 
A  STATE  BANK  CHICAGO  FOUNDED  1855 

SAFE    DEPOSIT    BOXES 


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ARTICLE  VI. 
Annual   and   Special   Meeting. 

Section  i.  The  annual  meeting  of  this  association  shall  be  held  during  the  month 
of  March  in  each  year,  at  such  time  and  place  as  may  be  determined  by  its  Board  of 
Directors. 

Sec.  2.  Special  meetings  of  this  association  may  be  held  at  any  time  and  place 
when  called  by  its  Board  of  Directors,  of  which  at  least  ten  days'  notice  shall  be  given 
to  all  members  of  the  time  and  place  wherein  special  meeting  shall  be  held. 

Sec.  3.  Every  notice  calling  a  special  meeting  shall  state  the  question  proposed 
to  be  considered  at  such  meeting.  No  question  of  which  due  notice  has  not  been 
given  shall  be  considered  at  any  special  meeting  unless  approved  by  a  unanimous  vote 
of  all  the  members  of  the  Board  of  Directors  present  at  the  meeting. 

Sec.  4.  A  majority  of  "all  members  registered  as  being  in  attendance  at  any 
annual  or  special  meeting  of  this  association  shall  constitute  a  quorum  for  the  transaction 
of  business. 

ARTICLE  VII. 
Officers. 

Section  I.  The  officers  of  this  association  shall  consist  of  a  President,  six  Vice 
Presidents,  a  Treasurer,  a  Secretary  and  a  Board  of  Directors,  consisting  of  the 
President,  the  six  Vice  Presidents,  the  Treasurer,  the  Secretary  and  sixteen  additional 
members,  to  be  elected  at  the  regular  annual  meeting,  five  of  whom  shall  constitute 
a  quorum  for  the  transaction  of  business,  and  an  Advisory  Board  of  not  fewer  than 
twenty-one  members  to  be  appointed  by  the  President. 

Sec.  2.  The  officers  of  the  association  and  the  members  of  the  Board  of  Directors 
and  Advisory  Board  shall  be  active,  contributing,  or  sustaining  members  of  the  asso- 
ciation. 

ARTICLE  VIII. 
Duties   of    Officers. 

Section  I.  The  President  shall  be  the  executive  head  of  this  association.  He 
shall  preside  at  all  meetings  of  the  association. 

Sec.  2.  In  the  absence  of  the  President,  the  Vice  Presidents  shall  act  in  his  place 
and  stead. 

Sec.  3.  The  Secretary  shall  keep  the  records,  shall  receive  and  receipt  for  all 
moneys  paid  to  the  association,  a  correct  list  of  all  members  and  minutes  of  the  asso- 
ciation, and  send  all  notices  required  by  the  officers.  He  shall  draw  all  orders  upon 
the  Treasurer  for  the  payment  of  money,  which  orders  shall  be  approved  by  the 
President.  He  shall  receive  and  record  all  applications  for  membership,  dues  and 
other  receipts  of  the  association.  He  shall  serve  all  notices  and  perform  all  duties 
necessary  to  the  proper  conduct  of  the  business  affairs  of  the  association,  and  shall 
perform  such  additional  duties,  as  may  be  assigned  to  him  by  the  Board  of  Directors. 
He  shall  make  written  report  annually  of  the  work  of  the  association,  accounting  for 
all  funds  received  and  disbursed. 

Sec.  4.  The  Treasurer  shall  receive  and  receipt  for  all  moneys  from  the  Sec- 
retary belonging  to  the  association,  and  deposit  same  in  a  bank  or  trust  company 
approved  by  the  Board  of  Directors,  and  disburse  same  upon  proper  voucher  signed 
by  the  Secretary  and  approved  by  the  President.  He  shall  keep  an  accurate  account 
of  the  finances  of  the  association  subject  at  all  times  to  the  inspection  of  the  officers 
of  the  association,  and  furnish  corporate  surety  bond  at  the  expense  of  the  asso- 
ciation. 

Sec.  5.  The  Board  of  Directors  shall  have  custody  of  all  property  of  the  associa- 
tion, supervision  of  all  its  expenses,  appoint  all  committees  and  all  officers,  not  other- 
wise provided  for,  and  have  general  supervision  and  control  over  all  work  carried  on 
by  the  association  and  its  officers,  and  shall  fill  all  vacancies  occurring  in  offices  of 
the  association  between  the  annual  meetings.  The  Board  of  Directors  may  cause 
a  call  to  be  made  upon  the  general  public  for  voluntary  subscriptions  to  a  fund  in  aid 
of  the  general  work  of  the  association,  or  for  any  specific  purpose  it  may  at  any 
time  be  engaged  in  promoting. 

Sec.  6.  The  duties  of  the  Advisory  Board  shall  be  to  advise  and  support  the 
officers  and  Board  of  Directors  in  conducting  the  work  of  the  association,  and  shall 
meet  at  the  call  of  the  President  of  the  association. 

ARTICLE  IX. 
Amendments. 

Section  i.  These  regulations  may  be  altered  or  amended  at  any  regular  meeting 
of  the  association  by  a  majority  vote  of  the  members  present. 

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Shapker,  Waller 
&Co. 

Municipal  and 
Corporation 

BONDS 

Stocks  of  Proven 
Value 

234  South  La  Salle  Street 

Telephone  Wabash  484 

Chicago 


BERMUDEZ 
Road  Asphalt 

"It  Stays  Put' 


Write  for  the 
Bermudez 
Road  Book 


The  Barber  Asphalt 
Paving  Company 

Philadelphia,  Pa. 


SLAG 


SLAG 


SLAG 


Illinois  Improvement  &  Ballast  Company 

208  South  La  Salle  Street 
Chicago,  111. 

Slag  for  Highway  Construction 

The  best  aggregate  obtainable  for  building  all  types 

of  Modern  Highways.    When  placed  on  a  road  it  stays 

put.    Slag  has  proven  its  merit  wherever  used  and 

may  be  had  in  all  standard  sizes 


SLAG 


SLAG 


SLAG 


The  Carmichael  Gravel  Company,  Williamsport,  Indiana 


Producers  &  Shippers 
of  High  Grade  .... 


f^P  AVFI      Plants  on  Wabash 
VJI\M.  V  I^Lf  Railway  at 


Attica  and  Wolcottville,  Indiana 

Daily  Capacity  4000  Tons  Prompt  Shipment  Assured 

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DELEGATES  TO  THE  CONVENTION. 
The  following  delegates  attended  the  convention : 

Achelsohl,  Charles  H Quincy 

Asplund,  Charles  A Orion 

Bridgford,  A.  G.,  Illinois  Bankers  Assn Aledo 

Brown,  W.  McK.,  Commercial  Club East  St.  Louis 

Brokaw,  Charles,  Commercial  Club Bloomington 

Banta,  Frank  D Lowppint 

Beatty,  T.  M.,  Quincy  Auto  Club Quincy 

Barstow,  E.  O.,  Commercial  Club Canton 

Bolinger,  G.  L Mason  City 

Bass,  Theo.,  Farmingto'n  Improvement  Club Farmington 

S.  E.    Bradt ..De   Kalb 

Bryant,  F.  R.,  Commercial  Assn Princeton 

Brady,  Francis  P Chicago 

Collins,  Dr.  Clifford  U.,  State  Medical  Society Peoria 

Cable,  H.  S.,  111.  Bankers  Assn Rock  Island 

Cox,  Ellis  E.,  Board  of  Trade Cairo 

Casey,  Peter,  Board  of  Trade Peoria 

Crabtree,  M.  J.,  Promotion  Club Peoria  Heights 

Culver,  Morton  T.,  Cook  Co.  Real  Estate  Beard .Glencoe 

Carpenter,  Fred  E.,  Chamber  of  Commerce Rockford 

Christie,  Dr.  R.  J.,  Chamber  of  Commerce Quincy 

Cameron,  G.  J.,  Peoria  Auto  Club Peoria 

Conway,  W.  H.,  Springfield  Com'l  Assn Springfield 

Cressman,  Dr.  R.  G.,  Com'l  Association Oglesby 

Carstens,  Wm.,  Retail  Merchants  Assn Moline 

Case,  E.  J.,  Auto  Club Peoria 

Clarke,  R.  D.,  Illinois  Mf rs.  Association Peoria 

Deneen,  Charles  S Chicago 

Dunne,  Edward  F Chicago 

Dutton,  Buel  B.,  Oak  Park  Business  Men's  Assn Oak  Park 

Dille,  C.  A.,  111.  State  Teachers'  Assn'.,  523  I  ml.  Ave Peoria' 

Donovan,  J.  F Niantic 

Edens,  William  G.,  Chicago  Assn  of  Commerce Chicago 

Fritz,  H.  A Freebury 

Finnegan,  Richard  J.,  Chicago  Motor  Club ' Chicago 

Faxon,  George  S.,  111.  Postmasters'  Assn Piano 

Fredalle,  R Washburn 

Ferris,  James   H Joliet 

Funk,  Frank  H Bloomington 

Funk,  Mrs.  Frank  H Bloomington 

Gillogly,  Harr}'  I Chicago 

Gillick,  Fred,  Cook  Co.  Real  F.state  Board Chicago 

Goodwin,  W.  R.,  Breeders  Gazette Chicago 

Gannon,  R.  C.,  Retail  Merchants  Assn Cairo 

Graydon,  S.  H Chicago 

Harper,  James,  Business  Men's  Assn Oak  Park 

Hayes,  J.  A.,  Teachers'  Assn Peoria 

Howell,  E.  D.,  Commercial  Club Elgin 

Herschel,  Paul  E.,  111.  Mf  rs.  Assn Peoria 

Hall,   Robt.   F Chicago 

Herget,  H.  G Pekin 

Hughey,  William  J Chicago 

Hatch.  Darwin  S Chicago 

Houston,  John   L Rushville 

Harris.   B.   F Champaign 

Hull,  William  B Peoria 

Ireland,  H.  D Washburn 

Jansen,  H.  A.,  Tri-City  Mf  rs.  Assn ....    Moline 

Johnson,  W.  W.,  111.  Valley  Auto  Assn Ottawa 

Just,  John  M.,  State  Federation  of  Labor Peoria 

Tones,  C.  A 

Kellem,  C.  J.,  Commercial  Club Centralia 

Kingsland,  R.  M.,  Commercial  Club Canton 

Lovejoy,  E.  P.,  Commercial  Club Princeton 

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Get  Into  //k  Advance  Line 

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Warrenite 


URFACE  your  roads  with  Warrenite,  the  most  successful  road  surface 
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if  you  will  give  us  the  opportunity.     \Varrenite  is  the  best  surfacing  for  mac- 

adam roads. 

"The  man  who  never  makes 
a  mistake  never  learns  any- 
thing." But  there  is  no  need 
of  making  the  same  mistake 
twice.  If  you  have  in  the 
past  constructed  roads  that 
will  not  withstand  the  mod- 
ern automobile  transportation 
traffic  and  which  have  to  be 
practically  rebuilt  each  year 
at  a  great  expense,  don't  re- 
peat the  experience  but  sur- 
face them  with  Warrenite 
—  it's  cheaper  to  do  it  now 
than  later. 

Warrenite 

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Bitulithic  Pavement  so  pop- 
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EXECUTIVE  OFFICES:  BOSTON,  MASS. 

District     Offices: 

New  York,  N.  Y.         Chicago,  111.  Portland,  Ore.  Phoenix,  Ariz.      Toronto,  Ont. 

St.  Louis,  Mo.  Richmond,  Va.       Los  Angeles,  Calif.    Utica,  N.  Y.         Vancouver,  B.  C 

San  Francisco,  Calif.     Nashville,  Tenn.    Montreal,  P.  Q.         Winnipeg,  Man. 


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Lackland,  W.  R.,  Tazewell  Co.  Federation,  Grottp  2 Morton 

Mclntyre,  G.  C,  Mercer  Co.  Automobile  Assn Aledo 

Mason,  S.  B.,  111.  Farmers  Institute Bloomington 

Mercer,  Dr.  William  E.,  Liberty  Com'l  &  Agricultural  Assn Liberty 

Miller,  C.  G.,  Cairo  Automobile  Club Cairo 

McClelland,  R.  A.,  M.  D.,  Kendall  Auto  Assn Yorkville 

Moys,  C.  L R.  F.  D.  No.  i,  Bloomington 

McEldowney,  Ralph  E.,  Industrial  Club Chicago  Heights 

Marrs,  W.  T.,  Promotion  Club Peoria  Heights 

Miles,  William  S.,  Board  of  Trade Peoria 

Nelson,  S.  L.,  Auto  Club Peoria 

Pierce,  William,  Pana  Commercial  Club Pana 

Paddock,  R.  T.,  Commercial  Club Pana 

Phillips,  J.  D Green  Valley 

Paulman,  H Chicago 

Pervier,  Clayton  C Sheffield 

Roggevein,  R.  D.,  Auto  Club Blue  Island 

Rohe,  C.  W.,  Auto  Club Blue  Island 

Rider,  C.  J.,  Auto  Club Bushnell 

Rees,  Thomas,  Commercial  Assn Springfield 

Stokes,  Thomas  H.,  111.  Assn  of  Postmasters Lincoln 

Swanzy,  A.,  Commercial  Club Princeton 

Siekmann,  Fred  C Chicago  Heights 

Sexton,  T.  D Chicago 

Staymates,  B.  F Clinton 

Smith,  Joe  H.,  Commercial  Club Bloomington 

Shoop,  J.  D.,  111.  State  Teachers  Assn Chicago 

Snow,  W.  D.,  Commercial  Club Bloomington 

Stelzel,  C.  F.,  Commercial  Club Granite  City 

Shrinel,  C.  W.,  Nat'l  Good  Roads  Assn Casey 

Strawn,  Walter  D.,  Ottawa  Development  Assn Ottawa 

Stocking,  George  E.,  111.  Trans-Continental-Ill.  Div Rochelle 

Sutton,  G.  D.,  Commercial  Club Mason  City 

Sudduth,  Thomas  Springfield 

Stapleton,  William  J Chicago 

Tice,  Homer  J Greenview 

Thurston,  W.  B Chicago 

Vigal,  C.  E.,  Retail  Grocers  Assn Springfield 

Vanderslott,  F.  S.,  Improvement  Club Farmington 

Vannatta,  B,  H Chicago  Heights 

Witham,  K.  N.,  Mercer  Co.  Automobile  Assn Aledo 

Werckle,  W.  A.,  111.  Retail  Imp.  &  Vehicle  Dealers  Assn Peoria 

Wright,  E.  R..  111.  Federation  of  Labor Chicago 

Wood,  H.  E Joliet 

Waddington,  William Chicago  Heights 

Welsh,  R.  K.,  Chamber  of  Commerce Rockf ord 

Wharton,  E.  B.,  111.  Valley  Auto  Club Ottawa 

Wood,  S.  P.,  Farmington  Improvement  Club Farmington 

Wisegarver,  G Decatur 

Young,  W.  H Athens 

NO  AXE  TO  GRIND 

Commenting  on  the  work  of  the  convention  and  the  spirit  of  the  delegates, 
the  Orange  Judd  Farmer,  represented  by  F.  L.  Petty,  said  in  its  issue  ol 
October  12,  1912: 

"The  association  which  formulated  this  declaration  of  highway  principles 
is  without  question  one  of  the  most  disinterested  and  unselfish  bodies  of  men 
ever  banded  together  in  the  furtherance  of  public  enterprise  in  Illinois.  Every 
semblance  of  special  interest  has  been  rigidly  excluded  from  active  participa- 
tion in  the  organization.  It  has  no  axe  to  grind,  no  one  interest  to  further, 
and  is  under  obligations  to  no  one.  Its  officers  serve  without  pay.  Every 
dollar  that  has  been  expended  since  its  organization  last  March  has  gone  for 
office  expenses,  postage,  the  expense  of  speakers  coming  from  a  distance  to 
address  meetings,  and  minor  incidental  items." 

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WE  INVITE  correspondence 
with  Municipalities  contem- 
plating the  issuance  of  bonds 
for  public  improvements. 

We  offer  a  selected  list  of  Govern- 
ment, Municipal,  Corporation  and 
Real  Estate  Bonds,  Mortgages  and 
Notes  to  yield  from  3%  to 


Investment  Department 

Union  Trust  Company 

Capital  and  Surplus  $3,5OO,OOO 

Madison  and  Dearborn  Streets 
CHICAGO 

Telephone  Central  529 


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State  Aid  Law  Adopted 


association. 
A   state 
The    three    candidates 


Governor  Dunne  Recommends— Legislature  Acts 

WITH   a   programme   outlined    for  legislative  consideration,   the 
Illinois  Highway  Improvement  Association  began  an  energetic 
state-wide   campaign   to  enlist   the   aid   of   state,   county   and 
local  organizations.     The  Peoria  platform  was  printed  in  con- 
venient form  for  widespread  distribution.     The  pamphlet  also 
contained  a  brief  outline  of  the  history  and  purposes  of  the 
It  was  mailed  with  special  letters  addressed  to  various  groups, 
election   was   under  way. 
for    governor, 

Charles  S.  Deneen,  republican;  Frank 
H.  Funk,  progressive;  and  Edward  F. 
Dunne,  democrat,  were  advised  of  the 
progress  of  the  good  roads  movement 
from  time  to  time  and  candidates  for 
the  legislature  also  were  put  on  the 
mailing  list  for  all  literature  sent  out 
so  that  the  next  governor  and  general 
assembly  would  be  specially  posted  on 
events  from  the  beginning. 

President  Edens  and  other  officers 
were  in  big  demand  as  speakers  in  all 
parts  of  the  state.  Indeed,  there  were 
so  many  calls  for  Mr.  Edens  that  he 
found  it  physically  impossible  to  fill  all 
the  dates  arranged  for  him. 

An  effort  was  made  to  organize  the 
state  by  counties.  Thus  early  in  the 
movement  it  was  a  difficult  matter  to 
accomplish  this  purpose,  but  in  fifty- 
eight  of  the  102  counties  auxiliaries 
were  successfully  put  under  way. 

By  the  time  the  legislature  assem- 
bled in  January,  1913,  the  State  was 
pretty  well  aware  that  some  sort  of 
good  roads  legislation  would  be 
adopted,  but  there  were  divergent 
views  as  to  how  much  of  the  state  aid 
programme  would  be  favored  by  a 
majority  of  both  houses. 

From  the  day  of  his  election  in 
November,  Governor  Dunne  elicited 
keen  interested  in  the  matter.  He  held 

conferences  with  the  officers  of  the  Highway  Improvement  Association  and 
with  representatives  of  farmers,  business  men's,  union  labor  and  other  groups. 
The  result  of  his  study  was  a  bold  declaration  for  state  aid  and  for  the  employ- 
ment of  convict  labor  on  the  roads. 


HOMER  J.  TICE 

Mr.  Tice  is  a  republican  member  of  the  lower 
house  from  the  30th  senatorial  district.  He 
has  the  honor  of  having  introduced  the  first 
bill  for  a  state  highway  commission  in  Illinois 
in  the  legislature  on  Jan.  12,  1893.  It  was 
12  years  later  that  a  commission  was  created. 
He  was  chairman  of  a  special  commission 
appointed  by  the  47th  General  Assembly  to 
study  the  highway  problem  of  Illinois.  The 
commission  made  an  exhaustive  report,  giving 
facts  in  highway  improvements  not  only  in  the 
United  States  but  in  foreign  countries.  He 
introduced  the  bill  for  the  State  licensing  of 
motor  cars  that  became  a  law  in  1911  and  the 
first  State  aid  law  of  1913  was  known  as  the 
Tice  law.  Mr.  Tice  is  a  farmer.  His  home  is 
in  Greenview.  He  was  one  of  the  State's 
best  campaigner  for  the  $60,000,000  bond  issue. 


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For  more  than  fifty  years 


S.  T.   KIDDOO,  President 

G.   F.   EMERY,  Vice-President 

J.  L.  DRISCOLL,  Asst.  to  President 

D.  R.  KENDALL,  Cashier 

A.  W.  AXTELL,  Asst.  Cashier 

L.  L.  HOGGS,  Asst.  Cashier 

H.   E.  HERRICK,  Asst.  Cashier 


Capital  and  Surplus 

$2,000,000 

Resources  over 

£25,000,000 


The 


Live  Stock  Exchange 
National  Bank 

0/~Chicago 


Roads    Lead  to    Chicago 

The  WORLDS  GREATEST 
LIVE  STOCK  MARKET 


Good  Roads  Mean  Better 
Marketing  Facilities  for 

LIVE  STOCK 


Banks  in  Live  Stock  Communities  secure  the  Best 

Service  in  Financing  and  Clearing  their  operations 

thru  a  connection  with  this  old  established 

LIVE  STOCK  BANK 


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GOVERNOR  DUNNE  FOR  STATE  AID. 

In  his  first  message  read  to  the  Forty-Eighth  General  Assembly  in  January, 
1913,  Governor  Dunne  said: 

"Provision  should  be  made  for  the  employment  of  the  inmates  of  our 
penitentiaries  in  road  work.  Primarily,  convicts  should  be  used  for  the  prepa- 
ration of  material,  either  at  the  peni- 
tentiaries, or  at  camps,  established  near 
natural  deposits  of  stone,  gravel  or 
other  material.  In  the  actual  construc- 
tion of  highways,  when  it  becomes 
necessary,  short  term  prisoners  should 
be  employed  on  an  honor  system,  such 
as  prevails  in  Colorado.  Humanitarian 
reasons  underlie  the  employment  of 
convicts  in  the  open  air  work  of  this 
sort.  The  problem  of  what  is  going  to 
become  of  the  paroled  or  discharged 
convict  is  largely  solved  if  he  is 
released,  healthy  in  body  and  in  mind, 
and  not  debased  by  associations  formed 
in  the  debilitating  environments  of  cells 
and  prison  workshops. 

"Psychological  and  physiological 
considerations  enter  into  the  employ- 
ment of  men,  on  an  honor  system  in 
the  fresh  air  and  sunshine,  wherein 
and  whereby  they  are  restored  to 
society  with  their  manhood  quickened, 
instead  of  deadened,  or  destroyed. 

"A  matter  touching  vitally  the  agri- 
cultural, commercial,  educational,  so- 
cial, religious  and  economical  welfare 
of  Illinois,  and  involving  the  conserva- 
tion of  natural  resources,  is  the  ques- 
tion of  good  roads.  In  the  improve- 
ment of  public  highways,  Illinois  has  been  backward. 

"Reports  of  the  federal  department  of  agriculture  show  that  about  10  per 
cent  of  the  95,0x30  miles  of  Illinois  roads  are  improved  in  a  permanent  man- 
ner, as  against  37  per  cent  in  the  neighboring  state  of  Indiana,  20  per  cent  in 
Wisconsin,  20  per  cent  in  Kentucky,  28  per  cent  in  Ohio  and  50  per  cent  in 
Massachusetts.  Considered  from  the  standpoint  of  improved  roads,  Illinois 
is  the  twenty-fourth  in  the  list  of  states. 

FARMERS  ARE  HEAVY  LOSERS 

"The  loss  to  farmers,  because  of  inaccessible  primary  markets,  and  the 
abnormal  expense  of  transportation  due  to  bad  roads,  must  be  considered  as  a 
contributing  cause  of  the  high  cost  of  living.  In  some  Illinois  counties,  high- 
ways are  impassable  to  ordinary  loads  for  a  full  third  of  the  year.  Bad  roads 
not  only  hinder  crop  production  and  marketing,  but  they  keep  the  rural  con- 
sumer away  from  the  store  of  the  merchant  for  weeks  at  a  time.  They  keep 
pupils  from  the  schools,  and  voters  from  political  gatherings,  and  from  par- 
ticipation in  elections.  They  impair  the  efficiency  of  churches,  and  social, 


EDWARD  F.  DUNNE      Moffett  Photo 

As  governor  in  1913  Mr.  Dunne  championed  a  state 
aid  law.  He  introduced  the  honor  system  for  convict 
labor  in  road  work  and  gave  his  approval  to  the 
$60,000,000  bond  issue,  which  was  proposed  at  the 
end  of  his  term.  On  his  retirement  from  the  governor's 
chair  Mr.  Dunne  was  presented  with  resolutions 
adopted  by  good  roads  associations  and  motor  clubs 
calling  him  the  "first  good  roads  governor  of  Illinois." 


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CSPRINfiFffiLl 


THE  BIG    BRtfTAER  TA  THE,    RAILROADS. 


For  day-in  and  day-out  work  on  big  contracting  jobs — road  building — municipal 
work  of  all  kinds — where  continuous  non-stop  service  is  essential,  Kelly-Springfield 
Trucks  are  unsurpassed.  Kellys  stand  the  strains,  and  twists  and  have  the  power 
to  come  through,  day  after  day,  which  is  the  best  proof  to  any  truck  user  of  the 
correctness  of  Kellys  flexible  design,  quality  of  material,  and  earnestness  and 
stability  of  the  institution  producing  Kellys — as  it  has  for  12  years. 

Kellys  Work  while  Many  Other  Trucks  are  Being  Worked  Upon 

\Yz   TO    6   TON  MODELS 

THE  KELLY-SPRINGFIELD  MOTOR  TRUCK  COMPANY 

SPRINGFIELD  Builders  of  High  Grade  Trucks  OHIO 


CHICAGO    OFFICE   AND   SERVICE   STATION:     2210-14   SOUTH   MICHIGAN    AVENUE 

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fraternal  and  other  organizations,  which  depend  largely  on  public  gatherings 
for  the  efficacy  of  their  work. 

"Bad  roads  contribute  to  the  unattractiveness,  the  isolation  and  the  monot- 
ony of  country  life  that  are  responsible  for  the  desertion  of  rural  pursuits, 
especially  by  the  young.  Experts  in  mental  ailments  agree  that  women  in 
remote  sections  are  the  chief  sufferers  from  the  restriction  of  communication 
and  social  intercourse, "which  bad  roads  impose. 

"Highway  conditions  in  Illinois  are  due  to  the  fact  that  progress  in  methods 
of  transportation  and  travel  has  not  been  met  with  corresponding  changes  in 
our  system  of  road  building  and  maintenance.  Illinois  clings  to  the  obsolete 
practice  of  placing  the  burden  of  highway  improvement  on  the  townships. 
Other  states,  in  their  laws,  have  appreciated  that  highway  travel  is  no  longer 
entirely  local  and  that  the  main  arteries  carry  a  great  amount  of  intercounty 
and  interstate  traffic.  Permanent  improvement  of  the  main  arteries,  which 
carry  the  great  bulk  of  traffic,  is  a  problem  which  affects  the  general  welfare, 
and  these  states  have  established,  successfully,  systems  of  state  aid  on  such 
highways. 

"I  recommend  for  your  consideration  legislation  which  will  promote  the 
efficiency  and  economy  of  the  administration  of  the  road  system  of  the  state. 
This  legislation,  I  believe,  should  incorporate  provisions  for  state  co-opera- 
tion with  counties  and  townships  in  the  construction  of  main  highways  and 
bridges ;  and  the  proper  maintenance  of  all  roads  after  they  are  built ;  for  the 
compulsory  dragging  of  all  dirt  roads,  and  for  the  use  of  the  state  automobile 
tax  as  a  nucleus  of  a  fund  for  such  state  aid." 

This  message  covered  the  main  planks  of  the  platform  of  the  Illinois  High- 
way Improvement  Association  and  proved  an  exceptionally  helpful  aid  in 
creating  sentiment  for  a  change.  Scores  of  bills  were  introduced  in  the  legis- 
lature, but  the  association  withheld  indorsement  of  any  of  them  at  a  too 
early  date,  continuing  its  crusade  for  an  aroused  public  sentiment  on  the 
broad  lines  of  its  Peoria  platform. 

OVERCOMING  THE  OPPOSITION. 

Opposition  came  from  two  sources.  The  first  developed  among  township 
highway  commissioners,  who  had  a  state  organization.  Some  of  the  com- 
missioners objected  to  the  proposal  of  taking  highway  matters  out  of  their 
hands  and  placing  them  in  county  and  state  officials.  They  appointed  com- 
mittees in  an  endeavor  to  put  their  state  organization  on  record  against  any 
legislation,  but  the  officers  of  the  state  association  were  progressive  men  who 
refused  to  enlist  in  any  such  enterprise.  James  F.  Donovan  of  Niantic  was 
president  and  chairman  of  the  legislative  committee  of  the  State  Association 
of  Highway  Commissioners  and  Town  Clerks.  Through  his  diplomatic  efforts 
the  legislation  that  ultimately  was  adopted  was  amended  in  certain  particulars 
and  as  a  result  the  association  lined  up  for  it. 

The  second  effort  for  delay  was  started  among  the  farmers  of  the  state, 
but  made  little  headway.  The  progressive  agricultural  leaders  in  each  county 
took  up  the  leadership  for  good  roads.  One  of  the  objections  urged  by  the 
highway  commissioners  was  that  the  good  roads  leaders  in  the  legislature 
proposed  to  do  away  with  the  system  of  three  highway  commissioners  and 
substitute  one  instead.  This  feature  was  used  also  as  a  means  of  anti-good 
roads  propaganda  among  the  farmers,  but  it  was  quickly  checked  by  a  com- 
promise under  which  any  township  could  decide  by  popular  vote  whether  it 
would  have  one  commissioner  or  three. 

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This  Maxwell  Truck 

has  25,000,000  miles 

behind  it 

ONE  thousand  times  around  the  equator  is  about  the 
mileage  of  all  Maxwell  trucks  now  in  use.    What 
this  tremendous  mileage  has  taught  may  be  found 
in  the  Maxwell  truck  you  buy  today. 

For  the  keen  engineering  done  in  this  remarkable 
carrier  of  freight  has  not  been  laboratory  engineering  but 
road  engineering. 

That  is  why  the  Maxwell  is  so  practical,  why  it  is  so 
hardy,  why  it  seldom  needs  mechanical  attention,  why  it 
is  always  a  delight  for  engineers  to  look  over. 

It  is  every  man's  truck.  It  is  not  a  road  rolling  mon- 
ster. Neither  is  it  light  and  flimsy.  It  will  carry  80% 
of  the  different  kinds  of  loads  conveyed  by  horse  or  motor. 

Pays  for  itself  as  it  runs.     See  it  ana1  save. 

Maxwell  Sales  Company 

25th  and  Michigan  Avenue 
A.  J.  BANTA,  General  Manager     CHICAGO,  ILL. 


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A  typical  instance  of  the  energy  with  which  county  agricultural  leaders 
took  up  the  cause  was  that  in  Montgomery  County  where  Arthur  Ware  of 
Butler  was  president  of  the  County  Farmers  Institute.  Reporting  under  date 
of  March  25,  1913,  of  the  progress  in  his  county  Mr.  Ware  wrote  to  the  Illi- 
nois Highway  Improvement  Association : 

"We  had  a  rousing  meeting  at  Hillsboro  Saturday  and  it  gives  me  great 
pleasure  to  be  able  to  tell  you  that  we  'put  it  over.'  They  made  me  president, 
and  the  storm  broke  in  ten  minutes  when  I  ruled  one  of  the  kickers  out  of 


ROAD  DRAGGING  CONTESTS  WERE  PROMOTED  AS  FEATURES  OF  GOOD  ROADS  DAY  PROGRAMMES 
TO  STIMULATE  INTEREST  IN  THE  EDUCATIONAL  CAMPAIGN  FOR  BETTER  HIGHWAYS.  THE 
PICTURE  SHOWS  JOSEPH  KLEIN,  75  YEARS  OLD,  WHO  WON  A  FIRST  PRIZE  IN  THE 
ROAD  DRAGGING  CONTEST  AT  CHICAGO  HEIGHTS. 

order.  He  appealed  to  the  house  and  I  beat  him.  I  tried  to  get  them  to 
understand  that  we  were  there  for  the  purpose  of  learning  and  not  wran- 
gling, that  everybody  needed  to  know  the  truth  and  the  programme  should  be 
carried  out  as  planned.  We  were  loaded  with  the  goods  and  I  expect  to  score 
in  Montgomery  County,  for  it  is  too  plain  a  case. 

"We  passed  the  resolutions  indorsing  the  Illinois  Highway  Improvement 
Association  platform.  We  have  a  township  officer  in  each  township.  We 
will  canvass  the  county  and  I  anticipate  we  will  get  a  large  number  of  sig- 
natures." 

FARMERS  INDORSE  THE  PLATFORM. 

All  doubt  of  the  attitude  of  the  farmers  of  the  state  was  dissipated  when 
the  State  Farmers  Institute,  meeting  at  Sterling,  adopted  the  following  reso- 
lution : 

"Resolved  that  we  favor  the  revision  of  the  state  highway  laws  to  secure 
co-operation  between  the  state  and  national  authorities  in  the  establishment 
and  maintenance  of  improved  roads  and  bridges.  We  heartily  approve  the 
work  of  the  Illinois  Highway  Commission  and  indorse  the  platform  of  the 
Illinois  Highway  Improvement  Association." 

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POWELL,  GARARD 
COMPANY 


39  South  La  Salle  Street 
CHICAGO 


^DEALERS  IN 

State,  County,  Road,  City,  School, 
Drainage  and  other  Municipal  Bonds 


We  are  at  all  times  in  the  market  for  the  purchase 
of  entire  issues  of  Road  Bonds  and  similar  tax-secured 
securities  and  will  be  pleased  to  submit  bids  to  muni- 
cipalities, corporations,  firms  or  individuals  having, 
such  securities  for  sale. 

Municipalities  contemplating  the  issuance  of  bonds 
or  securities  of  like  character  will,  on  request,  be 
furnished  le&al  guidance  and  advice  as  to  the  proper 
procedure  necessary  in  the  issuance  of  such  bonds  or 
ofher  obligations. 

Correspondence  Invited. 


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ILLINOIS  HIGHWAY  IMPROVEMENT  BLUEBOOK 

A  state  convention  of  the  Illinois  Highway  Improvement  Association  was 
held  at  Springfield  on  May  13,  1913,  for  the  purpose  of  determining  which  of 
the  bills  introduced  in  the  legislature  the  association  would  indorse.  The  day 
session  of  the  convention  convened  in  the  New  Leland  Hotel. 

One  hundred  organizations  had  indorsed  the  platform  of  the  association. 
These  were  invited  to  send  delegates  empowered  to  vote  on  the  specific  legis- 
lation to  be  recommended  to  the  General  Assembly. 

The  convention  voted  an  indorsement 
of  the  main  provisions  of-  a  bill  which 
had  been  introduced  in  the  house  by  Rep- 
resentative Homer  J.  Tice.  In  the  eve- 
ning officials  of  the  association  appeared 
at  a  large  public  hearing  in  the  hall  of 
the  house  of  representatives  before  a 
joint  session  of  the  highway  committees 
of  the  house  and  senate.  From  that  time 
on  efforts  of  the  association  were  entered 
on  the  passage  of  what  was  known  as 
house  bill  No.  843,  frequently  referred  to 
as  the  Tice  bill. 

BILL  ADOPTED  BY  LEGISLATURE 

In  the  lower  house  the  bill  had  the 
active  support  of  Speaker  William  Mc- 
Kinley,  who  had  appointed  Representa- 
tive Alfred  N.  Abbott  of  Morrison  as 
chairman  of  the  roads  and  bridges  com- 
mittee. Mr.  Abbott  was  the  1913  presi- 
dent of  the  Illinois  Farmers  Institute  and 
was  thoroughly  familiar  with  the  senti- 
ment in  the  agricultural  districts. 

In  the  senate,  the  presiding  officer, 
Lieutenant  Governor  Barratt  O'Hara, 
was  a  good  roads  man  and  lent  his  assist- 
ance. Senator  S.  Kent  Keller  was  chair- 
man of  the  roads  and  bridges  committee. 

The  association  carried  on  an  intensive 
campaign  in  districts  where  members  of 
the  legislature  were  in  doubt  as  to  the 
sentiment  of  their  constituencies.  Many 
members  of  the  assembly  were  anxious 

to  vote  for  the  measure,  but  hesitated  between  conflicting  lobbies.  Due  to  the 
efforts  of  the  association  thousands  of  resolutions,  letters  and  telegrams  were 
sent  to  individual  members  of  the  assembly,  notifying  them  of  the  sentiments 
of  the  senders. 

The  bill  was  adopted  in  the  senate  by  43  yeas  and  3  nays  and  in  the  house 
by  1 10  yeas  and  34  nays.  Gov.  Dunne  promptly  signed  it. 

The  measure  was  indorsed  by  the  following  organizations  whose  resolu- 
tions were  presented  to  the  general  assembly: 


ARTHUR  R.  HALL 

Mr.  Hall  prepared  the  legislative  draft  of  the 
$60,000,000  Bond  Issue  law  and  assisted  in 
defending  it  in  the  courts  when  its  legality  was 
tested.  He  was  one  of  the  originators  of  the  / 
Vermilion  County  plan,  under  which  the  state 
aid  law  was  amended  in  1917  to  permit 
counties  to  issue  bonds  to  improve  state  aid 
roads.  He  was  one  of  the  first  advocates  of  a 
State  bond  issue.  In  his  career  as  a  good 
roads  leader  Mr.  Hall  has  shown  the  qualities 
of  generalship  that  made  him  famous  as  a 
football  player  and  coach  at  the  University  of 
Illinois.  He  is  engaged  in  the  practice  of  law 
at  Danville,  III. 


INDORSEMENTS 


Adams  County  Medical  Association 
Alexander  County  Medical  Society 


Alton  Automobile  Club 
Anna  Union  Club 


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ESTABLISHED  1862 

Foreman  Bros.  Banking  Co. 

Incorporated  as  A  STATE  BANK  in  1897 

Southwest  Corner  La  Salle  and  Washington  Streets 

Chicago 

Capital  and  Surplus 
$3,000,000 

Checking  Accounts 

of  individuals,  firms  and  corporations  are  solicited 
and  received  upon  favorable  terms. 

Savings  Accounts 

are  especially  provided  for  by  a  department  organized 
for  that  purpose.  3%  interest  is  paid  and  com- 
pounded semi-annually. 

Trust  Department 

We  accept  Trusts  of  all  kinds,  act  as  Executor  and 
Trustee  under  Wills  and  manage  Estates. 

Real  Estate  Loans 

are  made  on  improved  Chicago  Real  Estate  at  lowest 
rates.  We  also  sell  Real  Estate  Loans  to  those  de- 
siring safe  investments. 


Member  of  Federal  Reserve  System 
Member  Chicago  Clearing  House  Association 


OSCAR  G.  FOREMAN,  President  ANDREW  F.MOELLER,Asst  Cashier 

GEORGE  N.  NEISE,  Vice-President  GERHARD  FOREMAN         " 

HAROLD  E.  FOREMAN         "  EDWIN  G.   NEISE,  Asst.   Secretary 

JOHN  TERBORGH,  Cashier  NEIL  J.   SHANNON,  Trust  Officer 

JAMES  A.  HEMINGWAY,  Secretary  JOHN  W.  BISSELL,  Asst.   "      " 

ALFRED  K.  FOREMAN, Asst. Cashier  FRANK  B.  WOLTZ,  Auditor 


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Cairo  Automobile  Club 

Cairo  Women's  Club 

Chicago  Association  of  Commerce 

(good  roads  committee) 
Chicago  Automobile  Trade  Association 
Chicago  Heights   Industrial   Club 
Chicago  Medical  Society 
Chicago  Motor  Club 
Chicago  Real  Estate  Board 
Cook  County  Real  Estate  Board 
Cook  County  Truck  Gardeners  and 

Farmers  Association 

Elgin  Merchants  Association 
Elgin  Motor  Club 

Fox  River  Valley  Manufacturers  Associa- 
tion (Aurora) 

Galesburg  Club 

Hoopeston  Business  Men's  Association 

Illinois    Bankers   Association    (good   roads 

committee) 

Illinois  Commercial  Federation 
Illinois  Corn   Growers   Association 
Illinois  Grain  Dealers  Association 
Illinois  Live  Stock  Breeders  Association 
Illinois  Manufacturers  Association 
Illinois  Mine  Workers  of  America 

(7th  Sub-Dist.  of  District  12) 
Illinois  Retail  Hardware  Association 
Illinois     Retail     Implement     and     Vehicle 

Dealers  Association 
Illinois  State  Automobile  Association 
Illinois  State  Horticultural   Society 
Illinois  State  Teachers  Association 

Jacksonville  Business  Men's  Association 
Kendall  County  Automobile  Club 

Liberty  Commercial  and  Agricultural  Asso- 
ciation 
Litchfield  Merchants  Protective  Association 

Madison  County  Medical  Society 
McLean  County  Automobile  Club 
Moline  Club 
Moline  Retail  Merchants  Association 

National    Cumberland    Roads    Association 
(Emngham) 

Oak  Park  Business  Men's  Association 
Ottawa  Business  Men's  Association 

Pana  Woman's  Club 
Pekin  Woman's  Club 


THOMAS  SUDDUTH 

Mr.  Sudduth  has  been  treasurer  of  the 
Illinois  Highway  Improvement  Association 
since  its  organization  in  1912.  He  is  a  pioneer 
good  roads  booster  of  Central  Illinois  and  has 
an  extensive  following  in  the  agricultural 
districts  of  Sangamore  and  adjoining  counties. 
He  is  the  author  of  several  pamphlets  dis- 
tributed among  farmers.  Mr.  Sudduth  is 
vice-president  and  director  of  the  Ridgeley- 
Farmer's  State  Bank  of  Springfield. 


Peoria  Automobile  Club 
Portland  Commercial  Association 
(Oglesby) 

Quincy  Automobile  Club 
Quincy  City  Council 

Smithton  Township  Good  Roads  Co-opera- 
tive League  (Smithton) 
Springfield  Retail  Grocers  Association 

Thornton  Township  Good  Roads  Associa- 
tion   (Harvey) 

Trenton  Business  Men's  League 
Rock  Island  Club 
Tri-City  Manufacturers  Association 

Vermilion  County  Automobile  Club 
Wabash  County  Country  School  Officers 
Association 


FEDERAL  AID  IN  ILLINOIS 

In  two  federal  aid  bills,  congress  appropriated  $275,000,000  to  be  allotted  among  the 
states.  Of  this  amount  Illinois  gets  $7,500,000  available  in  1919  and  $4,500,000  avail- 
able in  1920,  a  total  of  $12,000,000.  To  this  the  state  will  add  $12,000,000  from  the  state 
highway  fund,  making  $24,000,000  in  all.  This  money  will  be  spent  in  the  Lincoln 
Dixie,  National  Old  Trails,  Chicago-Wisconsin,  Chicago-Springfield-East  St.  Louis  and 
other  roads  to  be  designated  from  the  state  bond  issue  roads.  The  federal  aid  is  to 
be  spent  on  plans,  specifications  and  contracts  jointly  approved  by  the  United  States 
Department  of  Agriculture  and  the  Illinois  department  of  public  works. 


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wMSaMw^ 


1 


Shorten  the  Miles  to  Market- 
Build  Better  Roads' ' 


hauling  materials  for 
Cumberland  County 
roads,  Virginia. 


Good  Roads  ^ 

A  National  Necessity 

Our  highways  must  be  paved  with  more 
than  good  intentions,  and  happily  our  national 
government  and  most  of  the  states  are  taking 
real  and  concerted  action  this  spring. 

Motor  trucks  have  played  a  conspicuous  part 
both  in  making  and  maintaining  good  roads 
everywhere — they  have  put  a  real  punch  and 
speed  into  the  work. 

The  Federal  pictured  above  has  been  a  big 
factor  in  building  better  roads  in  Cumberland 
County,  Va.  Purchased  a  year  ago,  its  fine 
record  caused  the  Commissioners  to  buy  an- 
other four  months  later — and  now  there  are 
three  more  on  order.  Results  speak  for  them- 
selves. 

A  monthly  magazine— Traffic  News— containing  inter- 
esting stories  of  haulage,  will  be   sent   upon  request. 

Federal  Motor  Truck  Company 

DETROIT,  MICHIGAN 


ONE  TO  TWO  TON  CAPACITIES 


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Applying  the  State  Aid  Plan 

Given  a  Little,  People  Wanted  More 


1 


state  aid  law  provides  for  a  bi-partisan  state  highway  com- 
mission of  three  members  appointed  for  terms  of  six  years  by  the 
governor  and  confirmed  by  the  senate  at  a  salary  of  $3,500  per 
annum  each  and  for  a  state  highway  engineer  ($4,000  per  annum) 
and  assistant  engineer  ($2,500  per  annum)  similarly  appointed. 
All  employes  are  placed  under  civil  service. 
The  commission  is  given  these  general  powers  and  duties : 

Have  general  supervision  of  highways  and  bridges  which  are  constructed,  improved 
and  maintained  in  whole  or  in  part  by  the  aid  of  State  moneys. 

Prescribe  rules  and  regulations  fixing  the  duties  of  all  persons  employed  in  the 
State  Highway  Department  and  the  various  county  superintendents  of  highways. 

Aid  county  superintendents  of  highways  and  town  and  district  commissioners  of 
highways  in  establishing  grades,  preparing  suitable  systems  of  drainage  and  advise  them 
as  to  the  construction,  improvement  and  maintenance  of  highways  and  bridges. 

Cause  plans,  specifications  and  estimates  to  be  prepared  for  the  repair  and  improve- 
ment of  highways  and  the  construction  and  repair  of  bridges  when  requested  so  to  do 
by  a  county  superintendent  of  highways  or  by  a  highway  commissioner  of  any  town  or 
road  district  therein. 

Investigate  and  determine  upon  the  various  methods  of  road  and  bridge  construction 
adapted  to  different  sections  of  the  State  and  as  to  the  best  methods  of  construction 
and  maintenance  of  highways  and  bridges. 

Aid  at  all  times  in  promoting  highway  improvement  throughout  the  State  and  per- 
form such  other  duties  and  have  such  other  powers  in  respect  to  highways  and  bridges 
as  may  be  imposed  or  conferred  upon  them  by  law. 

Approve  and  determine  the  final  plans,  specifications  and  estimates  for  all  State  aid 
roads  upon  the  receipt  of  the  report  of  the  plans,  specifications  and  estimates  of  the 
State  Highway  Engineer  as  provided  herein. 

Let  all  contracts  for  the  construction  or  improvement  of  State  aid  roads. 

Prescribe  a  system  of  auditing  and  accounting  for  all  road  and  bridge  moneys 
for  the  use  of  all  highway  officials,  which  system  shall  be  as  nearly  uniform  as  prac- 
tically possible. 

In  each  county  a  county  superintendent  of  highways  is  appointed  by  the 
county  board  after  a  competitive  test  conducted  by  the  state  highway  commis- 
sion. The  term  is  for  six  years  and  the  salary  fixed  by  the  county  board.  In 
general,  the  county  superintendent  of  highways  has  the  same  control  of  county 
highway  matters  that  the  state  commission  exercises  over  state  matters. 

HOW   STATE  AID   IS   GIVEN 
The  provision  of  the  law  on  state  aid  follows  : 

"§  9.  STATE  AID  AUTHORIZED.]  Public  highways  or  sections  thereof,  including  bridges 
therein,  may  be  laid  out,  improved  or  constructed  at  the  joint  expense  of  the  State  and 
any  county  within  the  State  as  hereinafter  provided.  In  such  case  the  State  shall  con- 
tribute one-half  of  the  expense  thereof,  and  the  county  or  counties  through  which  the 
said  highway  or  portion  thereof  passes  shall  contribute  the  remaining  one-half.  Such 
highways  hereinafter  known  as  'State  Aid  Roads,'  may  be  laid  out,  constructed  or  im- 
proved in  the  manner  hereinafter  directed : 

"The  board  of  supervisors  or  county  commissioners  of  any  county  shall,  by  a  ma- 
jority vote  of  the  entire  board  of  supervisors  or  county  commissioners,  in  regular  or 
special  session,  specify  the  type  of  road  to  be  constructed  under  the  provisions  of  this 
Act  in  their  respective  counties,  which  decision  shall  be  final  and  not  subject  to  change 
by  the  State  Highway  Commission,  whether  of  permanent  earth  improvement  (including 
surface  or  sub-surface  drainage,  grading,  leveling,  and  crowning),  gravel,  macadam, 
concrete,  concrete  and  macadam  combined,  or  brick,  and  the  respective  boards  of  super- 

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Pave  with  Brick 
for  Durability 

Modern  Traffic  requires  dependable  Highways 
good  365  days  in  a  year  for  50  years  at  least. 

Wire-Cut  Lug  Brick  Pavements  are  smooth  (but  not  slippery), 
clean  and  durable,  non-abrasive,  impervious  to  oils,  acids,  or  the 
elements;  low  traction  resistance. 

Monolithic  Wire-Cut  Lug  Highways  require  no  side  edgings. 

Specified  exclusively  for  brick  pavements  by  scores  of  cities.  Used  almost  exclusively 
by  several  State  Highway  Departments.  <][  Superior  to  any  other  brick  for  any  kind 
of  filler.  Made  by  48  independent  competing  companies,  operating  72  plants  in  12 
states,  including  almost  all  Illinois  paving  brick. companies.  fjj  Free  engineering 
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visors  or  county  commissioners  shall  have  the  authority  to  specify  any  one  of  the 
herein  designated  types  of  roads :  Provided,  the  final  decision  as  to  type  of  road  to  be 
builded  under  the  provisions  of  this  Act  in  any  county  shall  not  be  made  until  the 
board  of  supervisors  or  county  commissioners  shall  have  secured  from  the  State  High- 
way Commission  detailed  estimates  of  the  cost  in  their  respective  counties  of  the 
several  herein  specified  types  of  roads  and  the  estimates  furnished  by  the  State  High- 
way Commission  shall  be  published  for  two  consecutive  issues  once  each  week  in  two 
newspapers  having  the  largest  circulation  in  the  county.  In  case  the  board  of  super- 
visors or  county  commissioners  do  not  desire  to  exercise  the  privilege  and  power  herein 
conferred  upon  them  as  to  designating  the  type  of  road  to  be  builded  and  shall  so 
notify  the  State  Highway  Commission,  then  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  State  Highway 
Commission  to  specify  the  type  of  road  to  be  builded  and  the  decision  of  the  State 
Highway  Commission  shall  have  the  same  force  and  finality  as  if  made  by  the  board 
of  supervisors  or  county  commisioners.  When  a  certain  type  of  proposed  road  is 
specified  by  the  board  of  supervisors  or  county  commissioners  or  by  the  State  High- 
way Commission  by  and  with  the  consent  of  the  board  of  supervisors  or  county  com- 
missioners such  type  shall  be  adhered  to  throughout  the  entire  length  of  such  road ; 
that  is,  from  one  main  objective  or  connecting  point  to  another  within  the  county: 
Provided,  nothing  herein  contained  shall  prohibit  the  State  and  county  jointly,  at  any 
future  time,  rebuilding  and  changing,  under  the  provisions  of  this  Act,  an  earth,  gravel, 
or  macadam  type  of  road  to  any  other  more  permanent  type  herein  specified :  Pro- 
vided, further,  that  when  a  gravel  or  macadam  road  is  constructed  the  county  shall  pay 
one-half  the  cost  of  such  maintenance :  And,  provided,  further,  that  when  an  earth 
road  is  constructed  the  county  shall  pay  the  entire  cost  of  maintenance." 

(The  law  as  passed  in  1913  had  no  provision  for  earth,  gravel  or  macadam 
state  aid  roads  ;  that  provision  was  put  in  by  amendment  in  1917.  Amendments 
also  provided  for  the  construction  of  state  aid  roads  through  cities  and  villages 
not  over  20,000  population  in  size.) 

ALLOTMENT  OF  STATE  AID  FUNDS 
The  allotment  of  state  aid  funds  is  provided  as  follows : 

"§  isa.  The  improvement  of  the  system  of  State  highways  as  herein  provided  shall 
be  carried  on  as  follows :  From  such  appropriations  as  the  General  Assembly  may 
from  time  to  time  make  for  the  purpose  of  carrying  out  the  provisions  of  this  Act, 
there  shall  be  allotted  by  the  State  Highway  Commission  each  year  for  each  county  an 
amount  that  shall  bear  the  same  ratio  to  the  total  appropriation  for  that  year  that 
the  total  amount  levied  in  each  county  for  roads  and  bridges  bears  to  the  total  amount 
levied  in  the  state  for  roads  and  bridges,  as  determined  from  the  published  reports  of 
the  Auditor  of  Public  Accounts  from  the  last  year  so  reported :  Provided,  that  to 
counties,  in  which  more  than  40  per  cent  of  the  total  amount  appropriated  by  the  Gen- 
eral Assembly  for  building  roads  is  collected,  including  any  amount  collected  for  auto- 
mobile and  kindred  licenses,  and  devoted  to  road  building  by  such  appropriation,  there 
shall  be  allotted,  under  the  provisions  hereof,  an  amount  equal  to  twenty-five  per  cent 
(25%)  of  the  amount  so  collected  in  such  county. 

"The  sum  so  allotted  to  each  county  shall  be  used  to  defray  the  cost  of  construct- 
ing State  aid  roads  when  such  work  is  carried  on  in  conformity  with  the  provisions 
of  this  Act:  Provided,  that  the  allotment  made  by  the  State  shall  not  be  used  to 
defray  more  than  one-half  the  cost  of  any  improvement  done  under  the  provisions  of 
this  Act. 

"§  I5b.  If  for  any  reason  any  county  shall  within  six  months  from  the  date  of  the 
allotment  fail  to  provide  and  appropriate  an  amount  equal  to  said  allotment  by  the 
State  Highway  Commission  for  the  purpose  of  constructing  State  aid  roads,  then  the 
amount  so  allotted  shall  be  forfeited  by  said  county  and  the  same  shall  be  reallotted 
to  those  counties  which  have  complied  with  the  requirements  herein  contained." 

COUNTY  BOND  ISSUES 

The  law  also  provides  that  counties  that  desire  to  construct  state  aid  roads 
more  rapidly  than  their  allotments  will  permit  may  issue  bonds  for  that  purpose 
or  advance  money  out  of  any  funds  available.  The  future  allotments  of  state 
Hid  funds  may  be  applied  to  the  state's  50  per  cent  share  of  the  cost  of  construct- 
ing such  roads.  All  such  bond  issues  must  be  approved  by  the  voters.  This 
provision  (i5d  of  the  statute)  was  put  in  by  amendment  in  1917. 

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At  Your  Service 

T^ROM  the  very  beginning, 
•*•  of  tKe  campaign  of  tKe 
Illinois  Highway  Improve- 
ment Association  for  tKe  pas- 
sage of  tKe  $60,000,000  Good 
Roads  Bond  Issue,  tKe  West- 
ern Newspaper  Union  organ- 
ization was  called  in  by  Pres- 
ident W.  G.  Edens  to  assist  in 
tKe  manufacture  and  distri- 
bution of  plates  and  mats  to  tKe 
smaller  towns  and  cities  of  tKe 
state. 


Western  Newspaper  Union 

Atlanta  Columbus  Kansas  City  Philadelphia 

Baltimore  Dallas  Lincoln  Pittsburgh 

Billings  Denver  Little  Rock  Portland 

Birmingham  Des  Moines  Memphis  St.  Louis 

Boston  Detroit  Milwaukee  Salt  Lake  City 

Buffalo  Far&o  Minneapolis  San  Francisco 

Charlotte  Ft.  Wayne  New  York  Sioux  City 

Chicago  Houston  Oklahoma  City  Sioux  Falls 

Cincinnati  Indianapolis  Omaha  Wichita 
Cleveland 


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The  provision  of  the  law  on  repair  and  maintenance  follows : 
"§32.  REPAIR  AND  MAINTENANCE  OF  STATE  AID  ROADS.]  Whenever  any  State  aid 
road  shall  be  constructed  or  improved  in  any  county  under  the  provisions  of  this  Act, 
the  State  Highway  Commission,  either  directly  or  through  the  State  Highway  Engi- 
neer, the  Assistant  State  Highway  Engineer  or  the  county  superintendent  of  highways, 
shall  thereafter  keep  all  such  roads  in  proper  repair,  and  the  total  cost  of  such  main- 
tenance shall  be  paid  out  of  the  State  road  and  bridge  funds  upon  the  warrant  of 
the  Auditor,  whenever  such  payment  shall  be  ordered  by  the  State  Highway  Com- 
mission. For  the  purpose  of  keeping  such  roads  in  proper  repair,  the  State  High- 
way Commission  shall  have  authority  to  purchase  all  necessary  tools,  machinery,  sup- 
plies and  materials,  and  may  employ,  or  authorize  the  State  Highway  Engineer  to 
employ,  all  labor  necessary  therefor." 

16,000  MILES  FOR  STATE  AID 

Under  the  state  aid  law  about  16,000  miles  of  highway  were  laid  out  for 
improvement  at  the  joint  expense  of  the  state  and  the  counties.  The  remaining 
roads  of  the  state — approximately  80,000 — remained  under  the  jurisdiction  of 
the  counties  and  townships. 

A.  D.  Gash  (dem.)  was  appointed  chairman  of  the  first  highway  commis- 
sion. James  Wilson  (dem.)  and  S.  E.  Bradt  (rep.)  were  the  other  commis- 
sioners. A.  N.  Johnson,  a  holdover,  was  acting  state  highway  engineer,  to  be 
succeeded  by  W.  W.  Marr,  the  permanent  appointee. 

Once  the  law  was  in  operation  and  the  first  roads  were  constructed  under 
it,  the  demand  for  good  roads  throughout  the  state  was  greater  than  the  law 
or  the  functions  of  the  state  highway  department  could  supply. 

The  proponents  of  the  state  aid  law  did  not  claim  that  it  would  cure  all  the 
highway  ills  of  Illinois.  They  regarded  it  simply  as  the  fullest  measure  of 
advancement  that  Illinois  was  ready  for  at  the  time  it  was  adopted.  Events 
proved  that  it  was  the  stepping  stone  to  the  more  comprehensive  state  bond 
issue  plan. 

Something  of  the  problems  created  in  the  first  three  years  of  operation 
under  the  law  of  1913  may  be  gleaned  from  the  following  extracts  from  Gov. 
Dunne's  message  to  the  legislature  January  3,  1917,  based  on  the  report  of 
the  state  highway  commission: 

"In  1914,  48.32  miles  of  brick  and  concrete  roads  were  completed  at  a  total 
cost  of  $1,259,911.18;  in  1915,  72.38  miles  of  brick,  concrete,  macadam,  gravel 
and  earth  roads  were  completed  at  a  total  cost  of  $958,839.  During  1916, 
284.87  miles  were  constructed,  to  cost,  as  awarded,  $1,660,114.87. 

"Probably  the  greatest  factor  in  the  work  of  the  department  at  the  present  time 
is  the  phenomenal  growth  of  sentiment  for  the  construction  of  systems  of  roads  by 
counties.  Approximately  thirty  counties  in  the  State  are  now  contemplating  bond  issues 
for  the  improvement  of  State  aid  roads  in  the  respective  counties  and  from  present 
indications  upwards  to  $20,00,000  in  bonds  for  road  construction  will  have  been  in- 
volved in  elections  by  the  end  of  the  year  1917.  This  has  at  times  taxed  to  the  limit 
the  facilities  of  the  department  for  making  preliminary  plans  and  investigations. 

"The  department  furnishes  to  counties,  contemplating  bond  issues,  a  number  of 
different  tentative  plans  for  a  comprehensive  system  of  county  roads  on  designated 
State  aid  lines  for  their  consideration.  Exclusive  of  the  money  available  for  State 
aid  construction,  many  townships  and  road  districts  in  the  various  counties  of  the  State 
have  voted  special  levies  as  well  as  bonds  for  the  improvement  of  their  highways. 
During  the  past  year,  something  over  $1,000,00  was  voted  to  be  used  for  this  purpose. 

"The  maintenance  of  State  aid  roads  has  been  rather  difficult  and  expensive  on 
account  of  the  isolated  sections.  A  great  deal  of  value  has  been  obtained  from  a 
careful  examination  of  the  successes  and  failures  of  the  various  departments  in  the 
eastern  States  An  examination  of  expenditures  per  mile  of  road  for  maintenance 
will  show  that  the  work  done  this  year  is  somewhat  cheaper  than  the  work  done  dur- 
ing 1915.  It  is  expected  that  as  the  mileage  of  State  aid  roads  increases,  the  unit  cost 
of  maintenance  can  be  very  materially  reduced. 

"A  large  share  of  the  cost  of  administration  has  been  in  the  inspection  of  roads 
under  construction.  Due  to  the  small  contracts  and  the  scattered  condition  of  the 
work,  numerous  inspectors  were  required,  where  half  of  the  men  would  have  done 
the  same  work  with  larger  contracts." 

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State  Bond  Issue  Proposed 

The  Danville  Platform 

GOV.  DUNNE'S  message  indicated  the  trend  toward  a  larger  unit 
than  the  county  for  a  state  system  of  highways.  Under  the  state 
aid  law,  each  coimty  confined  its  efforts  chiefly  to  its  own  problems 
and  patches  of  improved  highway  along  the  main  inter-county 
routes  showed  that  it  would  be  many  years  before  a  complete  state 
system  would  be  built. 

This  condition  led  to  agitation  for  a  state  bond  issue  to  provide  funds  for 
state  construction  of  a  state  system.  The  first  proposal  was  for  a  $40,000,000 
issue.  This  grew  to  $50,000,000  and  was  being  agitated  when  the  Illinois 
Highway  Improvement  Association  met  in  its  fifth  annual  convention  at  Dan- 
ville, December  19,  1916.  Gov.  Dunne  gave  his  support  to  the  bond  issue  pro- 
posed and  leaders  in  both  parties  as  well  as  good  roads  men  realized  that  a  bond 
issue  was  inevitable. 

At  the  Danville  convention  Highway  Commissioner  Bradt  discussed  the 
problem  as  follows : 

"The  present  law  under  which  we  have  been  operating  for  more  than  three 
years  is  working  admirably  in  some  instances  and  failing  to  meet  the  require- 
ments in  others.  Under  this  law  there  has  been  laid  out  a  16,000  mile  system 
of  State  Aid  Roads  out  of  a  total  of  95,000  miles  of  country  highways  in  the 
state,  this  system  to  be  improved  at  the  joint  expense  of  the  state  and  the 
respective  counties.  Since  July  I,  1914,  more  than  400  miles  have  been 
improved. 

"The  location  of  the  improvement  in  each  county  has  been  determined  by  the 
County  Boards.  In  some  instances  the  county  boards  have  pursued  the  wise 
course  of  placing  the  improvement  in  each  consecutive  year  upon  the  most 
important  and  most  heavily  traveled  road  in  the  county.  In  other  instances 
the  county  boards  have  started  with  the  improvement  in  three  or  four  directions 
from  the  center  of  the  county  population.  In  a  majority  of  cases,  however,  the 
money  has  been  scattered,  and  the  improvement  placed  upon  several  widely 
separated  stretches  of  road  with  mud  at  each  end  and  where  they  can  be  of 
little  benefit  to  anybody  until  they  are  connected  with  main  centers  of  population 
and  with  each  other.  The  day  when  these  scattered  sections  will  be  connected 
is  so  far  distant  in  the  minds  of  the  people  that  they  are  becoming  dissatisfied 
with  the  working  of  the  law. 

"To  improve  this  16,000  miles  of  roads  in  a  durable  manner  will  require  not 
less  than  $160,000,000.  Therefore,  to  complete  this  work  within  a  period  of 
20  years  will  require  not  less  than  $8,000,000  per  year  of  which  $4,000,000 
would  be  the  proportion  furnished  by  the  state  and  $4,000,000  by  the  respective 
counties.  For  the  state  to  appropriate  $40.000,000  for  each  year  is  not  beyond 
the  possibilities,  but  even  if  the  people  could  be  guaranteed  a  biennial  appropri- 
ation of  $8,000.000  they  would  still  be  dissatisfied  and  unwilling  to  wait  that 
length  of  time  for  the  improvement  of  our  roads.  The  evidence  of  this  is  seen 
in  the  rapidly  growing  sentiment  in  favor  of  county  bond  issues. 

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SPEAKING  of  "pullinfc  Illinois  out  of 
the  mud" — a  new  Gramm-Bernstein 
Truck  recently  finished  in  Chicago, 
a  test  trip  which  covered  14,000  miles 
over  the  roads  of  Ohio  and  Pennsylvania 
where  it  conquered  the  mountains  at 
Uniontown — and  finished  strong  without 
any  mechanical  adjustments  or  service 
during  this  severe  test.  So  £et  the 
Gramm-Bernstein  story  before  you  buy 
any  truck — at  the  same  time  we'll  tell 
you  about  Stratton  Service.  Then  you'll 
know  why  all  G-B  truck  drivers  and 
owners  swear  by  it  and  not  at  it. 

G.  W.  Stratton  ....    President 
H.  G.  Metzler  .  .  Sales  Manager 


Stratton-Gramm-Bernstein  Truck  Company 


2436-38  Michigan  Ave. 


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COUNTY  BOND  ISSUES 
"Two  counties,  Vermilion  and  Cook,  have  already  voted  the  bonds  and  the 

roads  are  in  process  of  construction.    Not  less  than  six  other  counties  have 

voted  upon  the  proposition.     Twenty-five  other  counties  are  agitating  bond 

issues. 

"We  all  recognize  that  in  practically  every  county  there  are  one  or  two  main 

arteries  of  travel  through  the  county  which  rise  to  the  level  of  interstate  or 

intra-state  highways  and  that  these 
main  arteries  of  travel  require  different 
treatment  from  the  other  state  aid 
roads  of  the  country.  They  should  be 
wider  and  of  a  more  durable  type. 

"In  issuing  county  bonds,  however, 
the  desire  to  reach  all  parts  of  a 
county ;  that  is,  to  cover  as  many  miles 
of  the  state  aid  system  as  possible,  will 
in  many  cases  prevent  the  proper  im- 
provement of  these  main  arteries. 
Therefore,  when  constructed,  they  will 
not  give  an  adequate  system  of  main 
state  highways,  but  will  require  recon- 
struction at  some  considerable  loss  in 
order  to  accommodate  the  traffic  on 
these  main  roads. 

"Again,  the  county  bond  system  will 
give  us  patchwork  results.  In  a  county 
where  public  sentiment  is  favorable 
the  bonds  will  be  approved  by  the 
voters;  in  adjoining  counties  if  the 
question  is  put  up  at  all  the  voters  will 
fail  to  give  this  method  of  financing 
their  approval,  and  will  insist  that  the 
piecemeal  method  be  followed.  Thus 
we  shall  have  excellent  roads  through 
one  county  with  mud  roads  through 
the  adjoining  counties ;  and  this  hit  or 
miss  plan  will  exist  over  the  entire 
state. 

4,000  MILES  FIRST  PROPOSED 

"I  believe  that  this  is  the  time  for 
Illinois  to  consider  the  question  of  a 
State  Bond  Issue  of  sufficient  size  to 
improve  approximately  4,000  miles  of 
highways.  A  system  of  that  size  would 
reach  practically  every  county  of  the  state  and  connect  nearly  all  cities  and 
villages  having  more  than  2,000  population,  as  well  as  many  other  smaller  places. 
"The  next  question  that  arises  is,  what  would  be  the  source  from  which  the 
money  should  be  derived  to  pay  the  principal  of  a  $60,000,000  bond  issue  and 
the  interest  thereon?  Assuming  that  it  would  require  five  years  to  make  the 
improvement  and  that  the  bonds  would  be  issued  serially  under  a  twenty-five 
year  limit,  all  bonds  would  mature  within  30  years  from  the  date  of  the  first 
issue,  or  practically  at  the  average  rate  of  v$2,ooo,ooo  per  year.  Assuming  the 


SAMUEL  ELLSWORTH  BRADT 

Mr.  Bradt's  interest  in  good  roads  runs  back  to  1895 
when  the  citizens  of  DeKalb  were  required  to  build 
a  bridge  and  a  brick  pavement  in  order  to  get  the 
State  Normal  School  for  their  city.  While  the  work 
was  in  progress  one  of  the  three  highway  commissioners 
resigned  and  Mr.  Bradt,  business  man  and  banker, 
was  appointed  to  the  vacancy.  The  work  was  com- 
pleted in  1902.  Mr.  Bradt  had  become  so  interested 
and  efficient  that  he  was  reelected  each  year  until 
he  was  appointed  to  the  State  Highway  Commission 
by  Gov.  Dunne  in  1913.  He  has  been  chairman  of  the 
good  roads  committee  of  the  Illinois  Banker's  Asso- 
ciation since  1911,  and  evolved  many  of  the  most 
effective  campaign  documents  that  have  pulled  Illinois 
out  of  the  mud.  When  the  state  departments 
were  reorganized  in  1917,  Gov.  Lowden  appointed 
Mr.  Bradt  State  Highway  Superintendent.  Mr. 
Bradt  was  elected  first  vice-president  of  the  Illinois 
Highway  Improvement  Association  in  1912  and  has 
been  an  officer  ever  since. 


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A  Comfortable,   Easy,  Clearly  Marked  Road 

From  Chicago 

by  the  Lake  regions  of  Wisconsin,  Minnesota,  the  Bad 
Lands  of  North  Dakota  and  Montana,  crossing  the 
Rockies,  Bitter  Roots  and  Cascade  Mountains  to  Puget 
Sound  and  Southerly, 

Is  The 


National  Parks 


Highway 


A  GOOD  ROAD 

to  the  Pacific  Northwest,  the  Summer 
Playground  of  America,  including  Yel- 
lowstone, Glacier,  Rainier  and  Crater 
Lake  National  Parks. 


General  Headquarters:   Spokane,  Washington. 

For   Detailed  Information  write   FRANK  W.   GUILBERT,   Executive 
Secretary,   Spokane,   Washington. 


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interest  rate  to  be  4%,  which  I  believe  to  be  ample  under  any  ordinary  condi- 
tions, the  annual  interest  would  approximate  $1,000,000  which  would  mean  an 
annual  payment  of  $3,000,000  including  both  principal  and  interest. 

INCREASE  IN  AUTOMOBILE  FEES 

"It  will  be  admitted  that  good  roads  would  result  in  the  saving  of  many 
dollars  annually  in  tires,  repairs  and  gasoline  to  every  automobile  owner.  I, 
therefore,  think  it  no  more  than  fair  that  he  should  be  called  upon  to  pay  a 
part  of  the  cost  of  such  a  system  of  state  roads  through  an  increase  in  automo- 
bile fees.  The  automobile  fees  received  by  the  State  in  1915  were  $924,000. 
We  estimated  that  for  1916  they  will  reach  $1,300,000,  an  increase  of  $375,000. 
Even  at  an  increase  of  $250,000  per  year,  instead  of  $375,000,  the  automobile 
fees  at  the  present  rate  by  1919  will  amount  to  over  $2,000,000;  by  1923  to 
$3,000,000  per  year.  The  automobile  fees  in  Illinois  range  from  $3.00  for  a  10 
horse  power  machine  to  $10.00  for  a  machine  of  upwards  of  50  horse  power. 
In  the  majority  of  states  ranking  wTith  Illinois  the  automobile  fees  run  from  $5 
to  $25.  It,  therefore,  would  not  seem  to  be  out  of  place  to  increase  the  fees  in 
Illinois  at  least  50%.  If  this  is  done  then  the  automobile  fees  collected  in  1919 
would  be  $3,000,000 ;  by  1923,  $4,500,000.  This  increase  of  50%  would  enable 
us  to  use  sufficient  of  the  automobile  license  fees  to  pay  one-half  of  the  principal 
and  interest  of  the  bonds,  or  $1,500,000  per  year  and  then  leave  ample  funds  for 
the  construction  and  maintenance  of  the  balance  of  the  state  aid  system  in  the 
various  counties.  This  would  leave  only  $1,500,000  to  be  paid  annually  from 
the  general  fund,  which  would  amount  to  only  6c  per  $100  of  assessed  valuation 
based  upon  the  present  equalized  assessed  valuation  of  the  State,  $2,500,000, 
or  a  little  over  il/5c  per  acre  on  farm  lands  of  Illinois,  which  bear  an  average 
equalized  assessed  valuation  of  about  $20  per  acre. 

FEDERAL  AID  ALLOTMENTS 

"Connected  intimately  with  these  questions  is  the  passing  of  the  Federal  Aid 
Road  bill  which  will  allot  to  this  state, 

$    220,000  available  July  i,  1916 

440,000  available  July  i,  1917 

660,000  available  July  i,  1918 

880,000  available  July  i,  1919 

1,100,000  available  July  i,  1920 

a  total  of  $3,300,000. 

"The  requirement  of  the  Federal  Aid  Law  is  that  the  state  shall  appropriate 
an  equal  amount,  or  an  additional  $3,300,000.  The  department  of  agriculture 
asks  that  this  state  prepare  a  definite  plan  for  the  expenditure  of  this  $6,600,000 
and  submit  the  same  to  it  with  the  first  project  for  road  improvement.  There- 
fore this  sum  of  $6,600.000  added  to  the  fund  derived  from  $60,000,000  bond 
issue  would  give  a  total  of  $66,600.000  or  approximately  $16,500  per  mile 
for  a  4,000  mile  system,  which  would  be  ample  to  construct  a  system  in  which 
the  main  roads  where  necessary  would  be  18  feet  in  width  and  none  less  than 
15  feet  in  width.  This  would  give  us  in  Illinois  a  system  of  federal  and  state 
aid  roads  of  4,000  miles  to  be  improved  by  the  State  with  such  additional  help 
as  came  from  the  government;  another  system  of  12,000  miles  of  county  roads 
to  be  improved  at  the  joint  expense  of  the  state  and  county  under  the  state  aid 
system  or  bond  issue  plan,  and  a  further  system  of  78,000  miles  of  township 
roads  to  be  improved  at  the  expense  of  the  township." 

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H.  T.  HOLTZ  &  C? 


SOUTH  LA  SAL1E  STREET 
CHICAGO 


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Merchant 
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30  North  Dearborn  St.  CHICAGO 


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and  best  railroad  transportation  West  of  New  York 

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AUTOMOBILE  MEN  AGREE  TO  THE  RAISE 

President  Edens  called  on  leading  automobile  men  of  the  state  who  were 
delegates  to  the  convention  to  express  their  views  on  the  question  of  increasing 
the  automobile  license  fees  50%  to  pay  one  half  the  cost  of  the  proposed  bond 
issue.  After  protracted  argument  the  conclusion  was  reached  by  Henry  Paul- 
man  and  other  spokesmen  for  the  automobile  interests  that  the  motorists  would 
willingly  agree  to  the  increased  rates  if  the  question  were  plainly  stated  to  them 
and  if  they  were  assured  of  a  business-like,  non-political  administration  of  the 
highway  construction. 

On  Mr.  Edens'  suggestion  the  committee  on  resolutions  was  instructed  to 
draft  a  minutely  comprehensive  declaration  on  which  the  association"  could 
present  the  bond  issue  problem  to  the  electorate.  The  following  platform, 
drawn  by  Arthur  Hull,  Danville,  and  Robert  Dunn,  Chicago,  was  thereupon 
presented  to  the  delegates  and  adopted : 

"BE  IT  RESOLVED,  That  the  Illinois  Highway  Improvement  Association  use  its 
best  efforts  to  get  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of  Illinois  at  the  coming  session 
to  submit  to  the  people  of  the  State  at  the  general  election  in  November,  A.  D.  1918, 
a  law  authorizing  the  issuing  of  $60,000,000  (or  such  amount  as  may  be  necessary)  of 
bonds  of  the  State  of  Illinois  for  the  purpose  of  constructing  a  State-wide  system  of 
permanent  hard  roads  to  connect,  with  each  other,  the  different  communities  and  the 
principal  cities  of  the  State,  and,  as  it  is  only  just  and  proper,  in  submitting  such  a 
proposition  to  the  voters  of  the  State,  that  the  people  be  dealt  with  in  absolute  good 
faith  and  that  such  voters  be  given  beforehand  the  general  details  of  the  proposed  plan, 
to  get  the  General  Assembly  to  include  in  such  law  as  near  as  may  be,  the  following 
propositions,  to  wit: 

"That  the  rate  of  interest  on  said  bonds  be  fixed  at  three  and  one-half  (or  not  to 
exceed  four)  per  centum  per  annum : 

"That  said  bonds  be  serial  bonds  and  be  dated,  issued  and  sold  from  time  to  time  as 
required  for  the  construction  of  the  proposed  roads,  and  that  such  bonds  be  so  dated 
and  issued  as  to  mature  within  twenty  years  from  the  date  of  their  issue: 

"That  the  proposed  roads  be  constructed  in  strict  accordance  with  plans  and  speci- 
fications of  the  Illinois  State  Highway  Commission : 

"That  said  proposed  roads  be  durable,  hard  surfaced  roads  of  sufficient  widths  to 
meet  the  requirements  of  the  traffic : 

"That  the  old  bridges  be  used  wherever  such  bridges  are  in  proper  condition : 

"That  said  proposed  roads  be  divided  into  convenient  sections  for  construction 
purposes : 

"That  work  shall,  so  far  as  practically  possible,  be  commenced  in  the  different  sec- 
tions of  the  State  at  approximately  the  same  time  and  be  carried  on  continuously  until 
all  work  is  completed : 

"That  wherever  one  of  said  proposed  State  roads  runs  through  or  into  a  county  over 
a  paved  road  that  has  already  been  improved  by  the  county  and  State,  jointly,  or  by  the 
county  alone  and  accepted  by  the  State,  then  in  such  case,  if  such  paved  road  can  be 
utilized  in  the  State-wide  system,  the  money  value  of  said  paved  road  at  such  time  shall 
be  determined  approximately,  and  the  county's  share  thereof  shall  be  set  apart  and  allotted 
to  such  county,  either  to  be  used  at  the  option  of  the  county  to  retire  any  county 
bonds  issued  to  improve  its  State  Aid  Roads,  or  to  be  expended  in  the  improvement  of 
one  or  more  of  its  other  State  Aid  Road  Routes,  with  a  permanent  type  of  road,  under 
the  direction  and  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  State  Highway  Commission : 

"BE  IT  FURTHER  RESOLVED,  That  this  Association  believes  that  it  is  only  fair 
and  just  that  motor  vehicles,  and  especially  the  heavier  machines  that  are  so  likely  to  cut 
up  and  injure  the  highways,  should  bear  a  larger  share  of  the  cost  of  building  and 
maintaining  a  system  of  good  roads,  and  therefore,  recommends  that  this  Association 
make  an  effort  to  get  the  General  Assembly  to  pass  a  bill  to  make  reasonable  increases 
in  the  automobile  license  fees,  the  money  therefrom  to  be  used  entirely  for  the  improve- 
ment of  the  roads  of  the  State,  or  to  aid  in  the  payment  of  the  principal  and  interest  of  a 
State  bond  issue  for  road  improvement." 


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Municipal  Bonds 

Purchased  and  Sold 


Officials  of  State,  County,  City,  Road 
and  School  districts: 

If  you  contemplate  having  an  issue  of  Road,  School 
or  any  other  kind  of  Public  Improvement  Bonds 
to  sell,  write  us  about  it  and  we  will  be  glad  to  make 
suggestions  which  may  be  helpful,  giving  you  the 
benefit  of  our  extensive  experience  in  the  buying 
and  selling  of  this  class  of  security. 


Municipal  Bond  Buyers: 

Considering  the  exemption  from  income  tax,  the 
yield  now  obtainable  on  Municipal  Bonds  compares 
very  favorably  with  investments  of  very  much  less 
intrinsic  worth.  We  endeavor  to  carry  at  all  times 
a  diversified  list  of  high  grade  Municipal  issues  and 
will  be  glad  to  submit  our  current  offerings  on 
request. 


Bond  Department 

CONTINENTAL  AND  COMMERCIAL 

TRUST  AND  SAVINGS  BANK 

CHICAGO 

The  Capital  Stock  of  this  bank  is  owned  by  the  stockholders 

of  the  Continental  and  Commercial  National  Bank  of  Chicago 

which  has  total  resources  exceeding  $350,000,000. 


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ILLINOIS  HIGHWAY  IMPROVEMENT  BLUEBOOK 

imiimiimiiiimmimmiimiiimiiiimmmimimmmmiiimiiiiiiiiiimmmnimm 

Governor  Lowden  Sponsors  Plan 

Legislature  Adopts  It 

FRANK  O.  LOWDEN  was  elected  governor  in  November,  1916.    The 
first  consideration  of  the  officers  of  the  Illinois  Highway  Improve- 
ment Association  following  the  adoption  of  the  Danville  platform  was 
to  enlist  his  support.    Gov.  Lowden  showed  a  wide  grasp  of  the  good 
roads  question,  learned  first  hand  as  an  Illinois  farmer.    He  had  one 
objection  to  the  Danville  platform.     He  thought  the  automobile 
license  fees  should  be  so  increased  as  to  take  care  of  the  entire  principal  and 
interest  of  the  bond  issue,  instead  of  only  50  per  cent.     If  the  backers  of  the 
plan  would  agree  to  that  amendment, 
he   said,   he  would   sponsor   it  as   an 
administration    measure   and   put   his 
full  strength  behind  it. 

While  the  negotiations  over  this 
proposal  were  in  progress,  Gov. 
Lowden  included  the  following  in  his 
inaugural  message  to  the  Fiftieth  Gen- 
eral Assembly,  Jan.  8,  1917: 

"Good  roads  are  a  good  investment, 
but  a  comprehensive  system  of  good 
roads  must  wait  for  a  generation,  un- 
less bonds  are  issued  to  defray  cost. 

"Motor  vehicles  are  rapidly  sup- 
planting horse-drawn  vehicles.  When 
good  roads  have  become  the  rule,  and 
not  the  exception  as  now,  auto  trucks 
will  likely  take  the  place  of  horses  and 
wagons  in  the  transportation  of  the 
products  of  the  farm.  With  good 
roads,  the  upkeep  and  maintenance  of 
motor  vehicles  would  be  largely  re- 
duced. The  license  fees  now  paid  are 
only  a  trifling  percentage  of  the  cost 
of  operation.  If  good  roads  were 
assured,  the  owners  of  motor  vehicles 
could  pay  a  much  larger  license  fee 
and  still  be  the  gainers. 

"I  believe  it  is  possible  to  work  out 
some  plan  by  which  the  principal  and 
interest  of  a  bond  issue  sufficient  for 
this  purpose  could  be  largely,  if  not 
entirely,  paid  from  the  receipts  of  such 
license  fees." 

While  this  message  left  the  question  uncertain,  the  governor  in  conference 
was  firm  in  his  declaration  that  the  total  cost  was  to  come  from  the  automobile 
fees.  It  was  the  only  way  to  attract  the  farmers  to  the  support  of  the  bond 
issue,  he  said. 

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Moffett  Photo 
GOV.  FRANK  O.  LOWDEN 

The  distinctive  feature  of  the  Illinois  good  roads  plan 
— that  of  paying  the  entire  principal  and  the  interest 
of  the  state  bonds  from  the  motor  license  fees — is 
one  of  the  precautions  demanded  by  Gov.  Lowden 
before  he  would  consent  to  advocate  it.  Gov.  Lowden's 
foresight  in  this  regard  is  admitted  by  all  good  roads 
men  to  be  responsible  for  the  general  approval  of  the 
$60,000,000  project  by  farmers  and  workingmen, 
without  whose  support  it  could  not  have  succeeded. 
The  Lowden  plan  takes  the  burden  off  the  home  and 
the  farm  and  places  it  on  the  motor  car  owner  who 
gladly  assumes  it  because  of  the  economies  it  brings 
in  other  ways. 


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Contractors  in  most  every  line  of  work,  from  road  construction  to  canal  building, 
are  outspoken  in  their  recommendation  of  the  MACK  as  a  long-lived,  consistently 
durable  truck  under  all  conditions. 

International  Motor  Company,  New  York 

Chicago  Branch:    1808  South  Michigan  Avenue 


W.  E.  HULL,  President 


ARTHUR  LEHMANN,  Sec'y-Treas. 


5.8    Iff   I 

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Jefferson  Hotel 

Peoria,  Illinois 

The  principal  Hotel  in  the  State  outside  of  Chicago 

400  'Rooms,  all  with  <Bath  'Rates  $1.50  to  $5.00 

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This  brought  a  crisis  in  the  movement.  It  was  a  bold  proposal  to  make  to 
representatives  of  motor  organizations.  Officials  of  the  Chicago  Automobile 
Trade  Association,  composed  of  automobile  dealers,  were  first  approached. 
They  agreed  to  sound  out  the  private  owners  with  whom  they  did  business. 
Their  report  was  uniformly  in  favor  of  Gov.  Lowden's  plan.  The  Chicago 
Motor  Club,  the  Chicago  Automobile  Club,  the  Illinois  State  Automobile  Asso- 
ciation, the  Quincy  Automobile  Club,  and  other  organizations  took  the  same 
view. 

It  was  with  great  joy,  therefore,  that  President  Edens  informed  Gov. 
Lowden  that  it  was  a  "go." 

The  bill  providing  for  a  general  vote  on  the  bond  issue  at  the  polls  on 
November  5,  1918,  was  introduced  in  the  senate  by  Senator  H.  M.  Dunlap,  and 
in  the  house  by  Representative  Richard  Meents,  respective  chairmen  of  the 
roads  and  bridge  committees.  In  the  consideration  of  the  bill  in  the  general 
assembly  the  total  mileage  of  the  bond  system  was  increased  from  4,000  miles 
to  between  4,600  and  4,800  miles.  It  was  passed  by  both  houses  with  little 
opposition. 

The  senate  and  house  roll  calls  follow : 


Abt 

Atwood 

Austin 

Bailey 

Baldwin 

Barbour 

Bardill 

Barr 


Abbey 

Baker 

Bippus 

Boyer 

Brewer 

Brinkman 

Bruce 

Bullington 

Burns 

Carmon 

Carpenter 

Carter 

Caviezel 

Church 

Cole 

Cooper 

Curran,  T 

Curren,  C. 

Dahlberg 

Desmond 

Devereux 

Devine 


Boyd 
Donahue 


Broderick 

Buck 

Campbell 

Canaday 

Cliffe 

Coleman 

Cornwell 

Dailey 


DeYoung 

Dieterich 

Drake 

Dudgeon 

Ellis 

Epstein 

Festerling 

Flagg 

Franz 

Fridrichs 

Frisch 

Garesche 

Gorman 

Graham 

Green,  C. 

Gregory 

Griffin 

Guernsey 

Hamlin 

Havill 

Hennebry 

Hicks 


Marshall 


YEAS— SENATE 

Denvir 

Dunlap 

Glackin 

Hamilton 

Hewitt 

Hughes 

Hull 

Jewell 

YEAS— HOUSE 

Holaday 

Holten 

Igoe 

Jacobson 

Jones 

Kasserman 

Kilens 

Kirby 

Lacy 

Lager 

Lyle 

Lyon,  S. 

Lyon,  T.  E. 

Maher 

McCarthy 

McDavid 

McGloon 

McMackin 

Meents 

Meyers 

Miller 

Placek 


Kessinger 

Lantz 

Latham 

Manny 

McCullough 

McNay 

Miller 

Roos 


Milroy 

Morrasy 

Mueller 

Mulcahy 

Murphy,  P. 

Neef 

O'Brien 

Overland 

Pace 

Perkins 

Petlak 

Prendergast 

Reaugh 

Rentchler 

Robbins 

Roderick 

Roe,  A. 

Rowe,  W. 

Schuberth 

Seif 

Snell 

Thomason 


NAYS— HOUSE 
Smejkal  Smith 


Shaw 
Sullivan 
Swift 
Wendling 
Wood 
Wright 
Yeas— 38 
Nays — o 


Sonnemann 

Stanfield 

Strubinger 

Thompson 

Thon 

Trandel 

Turner 

Tuttle 

Tyers 

Van  Duser 

Vickers 

Wagner 

Walsh 

Walters 

Walz 

Watson 

Weber 

Wells 

Wilson 

Young 

Yeas — 108. 


West 
Nays — 6. 


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ILLINOIS    PIlGIIWAY   IMPROVEMENT   Bl.UF.POOK 


Whittaker  Hill  Novaculite 

FOR   GOOD   ROADS 

Quickly  Con&ru&ed     Economical     Permanent 


A   MAIN    STREET    IN    MT.  VERNON.    ILLINOIS,    PAVED   WITH    WHITTAKER    HILL    NOVACULITE 
EIGHTEEN    MONTHS   AGO 


HITTAKER  HILL  NOVACULITE  is  a  flint  rock  in  quartz 

YY    formation,  containing  sufficient  clay  to  make  excellent  binder.  Chemists 
describe  this  clay  as  an  alumina,  silica  bonding  material.   Novaculite  is 
placed  on  the  road,  forming  at  once  a  hard,  smooth  surface  without  Other  ma- 
terials or  treatment. 

Roads  in  Alexander  County,  constructed  by  farmers  with  Novacu- 
lite from  Whittaker  Hill  18  to  30  years  a&o,  are  still  in  excellent 
condition,  although  they  have  had  no  attention  since  bein&  built. 

WRITE  FOR  OUR  NEW  BOOK 

"Fa&s  Regarding  Whittaker  Hill  Novaculite" 

Egyptian  Gravel  Company0 

1821  Railway  Exchange  Building 
ST.  LOUIS,  MISSOURI 


PIT: 
Olive  Branch,  Illinois 


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Tackling  a  $60,000,000  Job 

Governor  Lowden  Ur&es  the  Association  to  Lead 


I 


)  consider  plans  .for  the  campaign  in  behalf  of  the  $60,000,000  bond 
issue,  the  Illinois  Highway  Improvement  Association  held  a  state 
convention  at  Bloomington  on  Oct.  24,  1917.     President  Edens 
called  the  convention  to  order  and  explained  the  difficulties  that 
had  to  be  overcome.     Illinois  was  unused  to  state  bond  issues, 
he  said.    In  some  quarters  there  was  a  decided  opposition  to  them, 
no  matter  how  worthy  the  objects  for  which  they  were  issued.    Twenty  years 
before,  the  people  had  approved  bonds  for  a  waterway,  but  as  yet  none  had  been 
issued. 

In  the  rural  districts,  particularly,  violent  opposition  would  be  met  unless 
every  voter  was  given  full  information  to  prove  to  him  that  the  road  bonds 
would  bring  no  additional  general  taxation  and  that  the  whole  amount  would 
be  paid  from  the  motor  license  fees. 

The  size  of  the  vote  necessary  to  carry  the  bond  issue  was  another  matter 
of  grave  concern,  Mr.  Edens  pointed  out.  Under  the  constitution  the  strict 
requirement  was  that  instead  of  only  a  majority  of  votes  cast  on  the  proposi- 
tion, the  bonds  had  to  have  a  majority  of  votes  cast  by  men  voting  for  mem- 
bers of  the  general  assembly,  virtually  a  majority  of  all  votes  cast  at  the 
election.  This  was  the  most  stringent  regulation  thrown  around  any  state 
referendum  question. 

PEOPLE  BOUND  UP  IN  WAR  PROBLEMS 

Mr.  Edens  also  called  to  mind  the  difficulties  of  a  campaign  concurrent 
with  the  demands  of  the  war.  War  problems  were  uppermost  in  the  public 
mind.  Liberty  Loan,  Red  Cross  and  other  campaigns  were  absorbing  the 
attention  of  the  people.  The  war  conditions  had  brought  a  practical  cessation 
of  public  work.  The  state,  naturally,  was  thinking  about  winning  the  war. 
It  appeared  to  be  a  little  too  early  to  begin  planning  about  post-war  activities 
yet,  Mr.  Edens  said.  Yet,  would  there  be  a  better  time?  The  state,  in  his 
opinion,  could  be  made  to  appreciate  the  necessity  of  going  ahead  with  the 
voting  of  the  bonds  and  the  preparation  of  the  agencies  to  construct  the  roadsX 
as  long  as  no  bonds  were  sold,  no  money  paid  out  or  no  work  done  until  an 
acceptable  time  after  the  war  should  be  won. 

Mr.  Edens'  remarks  were  along  the  lines  of  a  statement  made  by  Gov. 
Lowden,  who  put  the  bond  issue  up  to  the  convention  as  a  war  time  necessity. 
Gov.  Lowden  said : 

"I  would  like  to  say  a  word  with  reference  to  the  war  and  its  relation  to 
the  good  roads  bonds.  Even  if  these  bonds  are  voted  next  fall  and  this  war  is 
still  on,  I  wouldn't  think,  as  governor  of  this  state,  of  trying  to  market  those 
bonds  immediately,  or  of  starting  immediately  to  build  those  roads ;  and  I  don't 
think  any  one  else  would  think  of  that.  While  this  war  is  on,  so  far  as  I  can 
see,  you  wouldn't  get  the  labor  without  paying  prohibitive  prices,  and  you 
wouldn't  get  the  material  without  paying  prohibitive  prices.  Any  one  will  tell 
you  that  if  we  had  to  build  these  roads  now,  with  the  present  prices  of  road 
material  and  with  the  present  prices  of  labor,  the  $60,000,000  wouldn't  begin 
to  build  the  roads  which  are  planned  for. 

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ILLINOIS  HIGHWAY  IMPROVEMENT  BLUEBOOK 

"But  most  of  the  economists  I  have  read  predict  a  very  serious  business 
depression  when  our  troops  are  released  from  the  trenches  and  come  back  home, 
with  the  cessation  of  all  these  multiform  activities  which  have  come  as  a  result 
of  the  war.  Many  men  will  be  thrown  out  of  employment  as  a  result ;  building- 
material  will  be  vastly  cheaper.  You  will,  therefore,  not  only  build  the  roads 
much  cheaper  than  you  would  now,  but  you  would  also  help  to  hold  things  steady 
by  furnishing  much  needed  employment  to  labor  that  otherwise  would  be  idle. 

"The  time  for  public  improvements  always  is  when  there  is  a  business  depres- 
sion. Now,  isn't  it  the  part  of  wisdom,  isn't  it  the  part  of  statesmanship  for  us 
to  be  anticipating  those  times  ?  We  don't  have  to  begin  to  negotiate  a  single  bond 
if  the  bond  market  is  not  right.  We  don't  have  to  begin  to  build  a  single  mile  of 
road  until  labor  and  material  conditions  will  warrant ;  but  isn't  it  the  part  of  wis- 
dom now  to  think  how  we  are  going  to  bridge  over  that  period  of  depression  after 
the  war?  And  how  can  we  prepare  so  well  against  that  day  as  by  getting  ready, 
when  the  end  of  the  war  comes,  to  go  on  with  these  public  improvements  ? 

"I  am  willing  to  go  upon  record  as  saying  that  if  the  good  roads  bond  issue 
is  approved  by  the  people  next  fall,  I  shall  not  attempt  to  market  the  bonVis 
nor  to  begin  this  great  work  until  the  close  of  the  war. 

CALAMITY  IF  BOND  ISSUE  FAILED 

"I  wish  to  say,  however,  that  I  would  consider  it  a  calamity  if  this  bond  issue 
should  fail  to  receive  the  approval  of  the  voters  next  November.  In  my  judg- 
ment, the  legislature  has  placed  before  the  people  an  exceptionally  well  balanced 
system  of  state  highways,  together  with  wise  and  adequate  provision  for  issuing 
the  bonds  and  constructing  the  roads.  If  we  fail  to  approve  of  their  action,  I 
believe  it  will  be  many  years  before  we  will  again  have  the  opportunity  of  secur- 
ing such  a  system  of  highways  on  such  advantageous  terms,  if  at  all. 

"I,  therefore,  urge  your  organization  to  carry  your  campaign  of  information 
into  every  county  and  township  of  the  State,  and  I  pledge  to  you  my  hearty  sup- 
port. I  think  that  in  your  campaign  particular  emphasis  should  be  placed  upon 
ct  that  the  entire  cost  of  this  system  of  roads  will  be  paid  for  from  the 
automobile  license  fees  without  calling  for  a  dollar  of  direct  taxation  upon  the 
lands  or  any  other  property  outside  of  motor  vehicles." 

Gov.  Lowden's  call  to  the  Illinois  Highway  Improvement  Association  to 
"carry  the  campaign  into  every  county  and  township,"  was  taken  as  the  decision 
of  the  convention.  The  delegates  resolved  to  go  ahead  on  the  line  of  the  gov- 
ernor's policy  and  the  slogan  became:  "Vote  the  bonds  now;  build  the  roads 
after  we  win  the  war." 

It  was  decided  that  campaign  headquarters  be  established  in  Chicago  and  that 
there  be  a  minute  organization  reaching  down  into  as  many  of  the  4,800  town- 
ships and  districts  as  possible.  Mr.  Edens  volunteered  to  give  extra  hours  of 
his  time  to  the  work  in  the  central  office  if  he  was  assured  of  co-operation  in  all 
of  the  102  counties.  The  delegates  went  home  determined  "to  put  the  bond 
issue  across  or  bust." 


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Packard  Trucks  and 

Permanently  Improved  Roads 
solve  transportation  problem 

THE  Sullivan  Packing  Company  of  Detroit,  with  a  5'ton  Packard, 
has  saved  6oc  per   hundred   on   transportation   charges   since 
they  established  an  interurban  motor  truck  refrigerator  service 
between  Detroit  and  Toledo. 

Do  you  realise  you  can  save  boxing  cost  and 
cartage  cost  to  and  time  wasted  at  freight 
terminals  by  motor  truck  transportation? 

Illinois  is  going  to  spend  $60,000,000  for  nearly  5,000  miles  of  per' 
manent  roads — roads  that  can  be  used  every  day  in  the  year,  regardless 
of  season  or  weather.  Doesn't  this  mean  good  times  ahead  in  Illinois 
for  Packard  car  and  truck  owners? 

Packard  cars  and  trucks  have  always  had  the  best  in  them  and  have 
established  high  standards  of  efficiency  with  the  worst  in  front  of  them. 

They'll  soon  show  you  what  they  can  do  in  Illinois  when  all  over 
the  state  ribbons  of  permanent  pavement  are  ahead  of  them. 

Packard  Motor  Car  Co.  of  Chicago 

Michigan  Avenue  at  Twenty-fourth  Street 

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The  Big  Drive 


Details  of  Winning  Organization 


H 


EADQUARTERS  were  opened  in  the  Hotel  La  Salle,  Chicago. 

Mr.  Edens  soon  had  committees  busy  in  each  of  the  102  counties. 

Extreme  care  was  exercised  in  the  selection  of  the  committees. 

It  was  a  requisite  that  the  members  were  "live  wires,"   men 

who  were  willing  to  get  out  and  work.  No  laggards  were  wanted. 

They  were  also  men  of  standing  in  their  various  groups.  In 
many  communities  they  were  men  who  were  the  leaders  in  campaigns  associated 
with  war  activities.  The  county  committees  were  urged  to  perfect  an  early 
organization  by  the  election  of  a  chairman,  secretary,  treasurer  and  publicity 
manager  and  to  hasten  the  extension  of  their  unit  into  townships,  precinct  and 
school  district  subdivisions.  The  state  was  divided  into  seven  districts,  with 
a  field  agent  in  charge  of  each  district.  When  necessary  the  field  agents  visited 
the  local  committees  to  assist  them  in  their  organization  and  work. 

By  letters,  telegrams,  pamphlets,  circulars,  as  well  as  personal  calls,  there 
was  a  close  working  association  between  the  central  headquarters  and  the  local 
committees.  The  State  Highway  Commission  was  frequently  called  upon  for 
assistance  which  was  cheerfully  and  readily  given.  Within  the  limits  prescribed 
by  the  law  and  administrative  orders,  the  commission,  its  engineering  depart- 
ment, the  county  superintendents  of  highways  and  the  supervisors  and  highway 
commissioners  worked  in  close  alliance  with  the  volunteer  organization. 

COUNTY  ORGANIZATION  IMPORTANT 

The  main  plan  of  campaign  was 
outlined  and  carried  into  execution 
by  the  executive  committee  of  the 
Illinois  Highway  Improvement  Asso- 
ciation, but  each  county  organization 
was  called  upon  to  adjust  itself  to 
local  conditions  and  to  stand  the  local 
expense  of  its  own  campaign. 

In  addition  to  the  county  commit- 
tees and  their  subdivisions,  scores  of 
state  and  local  organizations  were  en- 
listed. These  included  clubs  of  all 
kinds,  medical,  school,  agricultural, 
automobile,  bankers'  commercial, 
labor,  fraternal,  political,  social  and 
kindred  organizations.  Special  cir- 
cular letters  and  pamphlets  suited  to 
each  organization  were  sent  out  to  the 
membership  under  the  auspices  of 
committees  selected  in  each  one  after 
consultation  with  the  officers. 


IC.RS 

FINANCE 
COMMITTEE 

TOWNSHIP 
COMMITTEE 

PuBLicirr 
ConniTTEE 

SPEAKERS 
ConniTTEE 

1 

SCHOOL 
DISTRICT 

WORKERS 

PRECINCT 
WORKERS 

CHART  OF  ORGANIZATIONS  OF  THE  STATE 
CAMPAIGN 


Right  from  the  start  forms  of  indorsement  for  various  groups  were  pre- 
pared. Whenever  an  organization  had  a  meeting  its  membership  were  asked 
to  indorse  the  bond  issue  plan  and  to  pledge  itself  to  work  for  the  passage  of  the 


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IN  the  buying  and  selling  of  high-grade 
investment  bonds  and  farm  mortgages,  TKe 
Merchants  Loan  and  Trust  Company  Bank  of 
Chicago  pursues  the  same  conservative  policy 
which  has  characterized  its  operations  during 
more  than  half  a  century.  To  the  careful 
investor,  who  looks  primarily  to  safety  of 
principal,  the  offerings  of  this  Bank  prove 
especially  attractive, 

OFFICERS 

ORSON  SMITH Chairman  of  the  Board 

EDMUND    D.    HULBERT  President 

FRANK  G.   NELSON Vice-President 

JOHN  E.   BLUNT,  Jr Vice-President 

C.  E.  ESTES Vice-Fresident 

F.   W.  THOMPSON Vice-President 

H.   G.   P.   DEAN& Vice-President 

P.   C.   PETERSON Cashier 

JOHN  J.  GEDDES Assistant  Cashier 

F.  E.  LOOMIS Assistant  Cashier 

LEON  L.  LOEHR Secretary  and  Trust  Officer 

A.  LEONARD  JOHNSON Assistant  Secretary 

G.  F.  HARDIE Manager  Bond  Department 

CUTHBERT  C.  ADAMS Asst.  Manager  Bond  Department 

DIRECTORS 

FRANK  H.  ARMSTRONG President  Reid,  Murdoch  &  Company 

CLARENCE  A.   BURLEY Attorney  and  Capitalist 

R.  T.  CRANE,  Jr President  Crane  Company 

HENRY  P.  CROWELL President  Quaker  Oats  Company 

HALE  HOLDEN Regional  Director,  U.  S.   Railroad  Administration 

MARVIN  HUGHITT Chairman  Chicago  &  Northwestern  Ry.  Company 

EDMUND  D.  HULBERT President 

CHAUNCEY  KEEP Trustee  Marshall  Field  Estate 

CYRUS  H.  McCORMICK Chairman  International  Harvester  Company 

SEYMOUR  MORRIS Trustee  L.  Z.  Leiter  Estate 

JOHN  S.  RUNNELLS President  Pullman  Company 

EDWARD  L.  RYERSON Chairman  Joseph  T.  Ryerson  &  Son 

JOHN  G.  SHEDD President  Marshall  Field  &  Company 

ORSON    SMITH Chairman 

TAMES  P.  SOPER President  Soper  Lumber  Company 

MAJ.  A.  A.   SPRAGUE : U.  S.  Army 


THE 

MERCHANTS, 
LOAN  ^^ 


.     TRUST 
COMPANY 


Capital  and  Surplus  $12,000,000 

"Identified  with  Chicago's  Progress  Since  1857" 

112  West  Adams  Street 
CHICAGO 


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measure  on  election  day.    Gradually  these  indorsements  accumulated  and  by  the 
time  the  election  was  at  hand  nearly  1,000  indorsements  of  this  nature  had  been 

procured.  To  enumerate  them, 
would  be  to  call  the  roll  of 
nearly  all  the  substantial  repre- 
sentative organizations  of  the 
state. 

A   vast  amount   of  literature 
prepared    and    distributed 
the  Linl 


'•Pull  Illinois  Out  of 
the  Hud!" 

~r 

Good  roads,  &ood  schools, 
&God  churckes^ood  citizens 

and  a 

£ood  commonweaKK 
&o  to&efHer 


vote-yes 

for  ' 
good  roads 


MILLIONS  OF  THESE  WERE  PRINTED  AND 
DISTRIBUTED  THROUGHOUT  THE  CITIKS 
OF  ILLINOIS  FOR  USE  AT  THE  PRECINCT 
POLLING  PLACES  ON  ELECTION  DAY. 


was 

from  the  central  headquarters  to 
all  the  committees  active  in  the 
campaign.  In  all  approximately 
6,000,000  pieces  were  sent  out. 
They  included  maps,  folders, 
posters,  booklets,  pamphlets,  etc. 
The  question  as  it  affected  the 
farmers  was  handled  in  one  set 
of  pamphlets,  written  by  men 
well-known  in  the  agricultural 
section  and  having  the  confidence 
of  the  farmers.  The  motorists 
were  appealed  to  in  separate 
literature — one  folder  to  the  ex- 
tent of  1,000,000  copies  being  dis- 
tributed from  the  gasoline  filling 
stations  of  the  state.  Conspicuous 
labor  leaders  wrote  circulars  that 
went  to  labor  unions  and  resolu- 
tions or  indorsement  adopted  by  such  unions  were  printed  and  circularized. 

The  financial  phase  of  the  case  was  thoroughly  taken  care  of  in  one  pamphlet. 
Just  before  the  election,  employers  were  furnished  with  a  single  leaflet  to  insert 
in  pay  envelopes.  For  use  on  election  day  at  the  polls  sample  ballots  were  sent 
to  workers  who  also  were  furnished  with  badges.  Both  parties  in  their  state 
conventions,  and  in  most  of  their  county  conventions,  indorsed  the  bond  issue, 
and  as  a  result,  county  and  precinct  committees  willingly  assisted  the  distribution 
of  literature  in  the  few  days  previous  to  election.  Many  precinct  political  work- 
ers wore  good  roads  badges  on  election  day. 

What  the  Press  Did 

To  the  newspapers  of  Illinois  is  due  a  large  measure  of  credit  for  the  wide- 
spread understanding  of  the  bond  issue  that  led  to  its  adoption.  Illinois  editors 
were  among  the  first  to  assist  the  movement  when  it  was  started  in  1912.  Year 
after  year  they  kept  the  question  alive.  When  the  $60,000,000  bond  issue  cam- 
paign came  along  the  newspapers  were  carrying  an  already  undue  burden,  due 
to  the  war.  The  federal  government  was  using  their  space,  given  without  re- 
war'd,  for  various  war  activities,  such  as  Liberty  Loans,  Red  Cross  and  farm 
betterment,  etc.  In  addition  the  war  industries  board  cut  down  the  allotments 
of  white  paper  to  each  publisher. 

In  this  stringency  the  Illinois  Highway  Association  sent  a  letter  to  the  pub- 
lishers of  the  state,  expressing  its  understanding  of  their  situation  but  asking, 
nevertheless,  for  as  much  assistance  as  could  consistently  be  given.  Return  postal 
cards  were  enclosed,  asking  the  editors  to  signify  whether  they  could  use  matter 


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ILLINOIS  HIGHWAY  IMPROVEMENT  BLUEBOOK 


> 

'      " 


International  Motor  Trucks 

GOOD  roads  and  good  motor  trucks  make  a  combination  that  is  a 
certain  source  of  wealth  to  any  community.   When  the  roads  are 
hard   surfaced,  and   the  trucks  are  Internationals,  hauling  costs 
come  down  like  magic.  International  Motor  Truck  is  only  another  name 
for  Low-Cost  Hauling.    Sturdy,  well  built  to  stand  the  strain  of  everyday 
use,backed  by  a  complete  service  organization  with  89  Company  branches, 
International  Motor  Trucks  are  both  dependable  and  economical. 


International 
and  Titan 
Kerosene 
Tractors 

are  true,  general  purpose  power  machines.  Operating  on  kerosene  and  other  low 
priced  fuels,  they  do  all  kinds  of  drawbar  and  belt  work  efficiently,and  at  the  lowest 
possible  cost.  The  machines  shown  on  this  page  have  behind  them  the  resources  and 
reputation  of  one  of  the  largest  truck  and  tractor  organizations  in  the  world,  with 
an  unbroken  experience  of  nearly  a  century. 

International  Harvester  Company  of  America 

CHICAGO  (Incorporated)  USA 


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ILLINOIS  HIGHWAY  IMPROVEMENT  BLUEBOOK 


in  letterpress,  matrix  or  plate  form.  Eight  hundred  papers  outside  of  the  big 
cities  accepted  plate  matter  which  was  prepared  and  sent  out  at  the  association's 
expense.  In  the  last  three  months  three  such  plates  were  distributed.  It  is  esti- 
mated that  more  than  25,000  columns  of  space  were  donated  by  the  papers  otf 


NOTICE:  Thjs  plate  sent  you  on  authority  of  the  Illinois  Highway  Improve- 
ment  Association,  314  Hotel  LaSalle,  Chicago,  III.,  on  your  postal  request 
When  used  return  metal  in  usual  manner  to  office  shipping. 

WESTERN  NEWSPAPER  UNION. 


"VOTE  FOR  GOOD  ROADS 

BONDS,"  LOWDEN 

URGES 

Governor  Savs  More  Than  $30,- 

000.000  Will  Co  to  Workwomen 

Alter  the  War  Is  Won. 


THE  WAR  AND  THE 
ROAD  BOND  ISSUE 

Why  It  Is  Patriotic  to  Vote  Now 

tor  Work  When  U.  S. 

Wins  in  France. 


How  Illinois  Will  Look  When 

Great  State  Road  System  Is  Built 


THE  MAN  OFF  THE  WORKINGMEN 
STATE  ROAD  SYSTEM       SHOULD  VOTE  FOR 
.,»T7r«T.  ROAD  BOND  ISSUE1 

'  ~          '  Governor  Dunn*  Explain*  why) 


tr.llk- .  . 

:he  town— 6H  pw    to  labor  In  w, 

(his  the  through  or  tonrlit  traffic  of  RMaJvabnant  Aftar  war. 


SAMPLE  PRESS  SHEET  SENT  To  MORE  THAN  800  NEWSPAPERS 

the  state.  The  vahie  of  that  amount  of  space  cannot  be  computed.  It  was  the 
largest  single  contribution  to  the  campaign. 

In  some  of  the  counties,  local  county  committees  raised  money  to  insert 
advertisements  in  their  own  papers,  but  the  amount  of  return  to  the  publishers 
was  nominal  compared  with  their  own  contribution. 

All  the  Chicago,  Springfield,  Peoria  and  other  large  city  newspapers  indorsed 
the  bond  issue  and  gave  freely  of  their  space. 

The  newspapers  saved  the  situation  in  the  last  few  weeks  of  the  campaign 
when  the  influenza  epidemic  made  it  necessary  for  boards  of  health  to  close  all 
public  meeting  places.  This  shut  off  speaking  and  motion  picture  propaganda. 
Happily  the  necessary  press  matter  had  been  prepared  in  advance  and  the 
editors  responded  nobly  to  the  emergency  call  that  was  made  to  them. 

The  farm  papers  of  the  state  also  lent  invaluable  assistance.  Editors  of 
the  agricultural  press  were  among  the  earliest  students  of  the  highway  question 
in  the  state.  Their  columns  were  thrown  open  to  full  discussion  of  the  sub- 
ject and  also  to  complete  account  of  the  progress  of  the  campaign.  These 
editors  furnished  many  suggestions  that  proved  helpful  in  the  extreme. 


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The  Problem  of  Selecting 
Desirable  Investments 

The  time  is  now  favorable  for- 
investing  in  higjh.  &rade  bonds. 

However,  it  is  important  for  the 
layman  to  exercise  caution  in  fhe 
selection  of  investments  under 
{he  abnormal  conditions  now 
prevailing. 

Our  BOND  DEPARTMENT  is  equipped 

to  &ive  statistical  information  in  regard 
to  securities  and  offers  its  services  to 
those  seeking  information.  Ask  for" 
our  current  list  of  selected  investments. 

Bankers,  individuals  and  corporations  are 

invited  to  write  or  call  on  our  officers  when 

considering  opening  a  Chicago  account  or 

chan&in&  their  present  connections. 

The  NATIONAL  CITY  BANK 
CHICAGO 


DAVID  R.  FORGAN,  President 

Bond  Department  Banks  and  Bankers  Dept. 

R.  U.  LANSING,  Vice  Pres.  and  Manager  F.  A.  CRANDALL,  Vice  President 

M.  K.  BAKER,  Assistant  Manager  S.  P.  JOHNSON,  Assistant  Cashier 

JOHN  R.  GRAY,  Assistant  Manager  R.  V.  KELLEY,  Assistant  Cashier 


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What  tke  Motorists  Did 


How  Automobile  Fees  Pay  the  Bill 


I 


•%  O  the  motorists  of  the  state  a  great  portion  of  credit  for  the  energy 
behind  the  campaign  is  due.  They  were  the  protagonists  of  the 
movement.  When  interest  seemed  to  lag,  they  supplied  the  enthu- 
siasm to  restore  it.  When  finances  were  low,  they  sent  out 
letters  for  subscriptions  and  memberships  and  rounded  up  the 
necessary  funds.  The  most  active  of  the  motor  groups  was  the 
Chicago  Automobile  Trade  Association,  composed  of  nearly  all  the  motor 
manufacturers,  branch  managers  and  dealers  in  Chicago,  as  well  as  those 

associated  in  accessory  lines.  The 
persistency  of  this  organization  in 
the  campaign  was  a  demonstration  of 
the  power  and  initiative  of  the  busi- 
ness man  when  he  is  engaged  in  a 
civic  enterprise  in  whose  virtue  he 
is  a  strong  believer.  Members  of  the 
association  distributed  hundreds  of 
thousands  of  copies  of  pamphlets 
among  their  customers.  They  also 
contributed  to  special  advertising 
funds  for  billboard  and  newspaper 
display.  The  Chicago  Automobile 
Club,  Chicago  Motor  Club  and  the 
Springfield,  Peoria,  Quincy,  Cairo, 
Elgin,  Peoria,  Joliet,  Bloomington 
and  Rockford  clubs  as  well  as  the 
Illinois  State  Automobile  Associa- 
tion, the  parent  body  of  the  state, 
and  the  Automobile  Club  of  Amer- 
ica, also  were  active. 

The  question  of  how  the  motor 
license  fees  would  finance  the  bond 
issue  was  one  that  the  motor  clubs 
were  able  to  bring  home  to  the 
people.  To  provide  the  funds,  some 
classes  of  motor  vehicles  by  1920  will 
be  increased  in  fees  as  much  as  100  and  150  per  cent. 

One  of  the  most  popular  of  the  pamphlets  distributed  was  written  by  S.  E. 
Bradt.  It  dealt  with  the  sufficiency  of  the  income  from  motor  license  fees 
under  the  title  "Will  the  Bonds  and  Interest  Thereon  be  Paid  from  Motor 
License  Fees  ?  Will  the  Motor  Fees  Be  Sufficient  also  to  Help  Build  the  Con- 
necting Roads."  In  part  the  pamphlet  was  as  follows: 

"Will  the  revenue  derived  from  the  motor  fees  be  sufficient  to  meet  the  payments  of 
all  bonds  and  interest  required  to  be  made  annually?  The  motor  vehicle  law  was  amended 
in  1917  to  provide  for  an  increase  in  1918  of  fifty  per  cent  in  fees  on  all  cars  of  35 
horse  power  or  less,  and  one  hundred  per  cent  on  cars  of  more  than  35  horse  power; 
while  in  1920  there  will  be  an  additional  fifty  per  cent  increase  based  on  1917  fees,  on 
all  cars,  thus  the  general  increase  applicable  in  1920  will  average  a  little  more  than  one 
hundred  per  cent  of  the  1917  fees. 

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ILLINOIS  HIGHWAY  IMPROVEMENT  BLUEBOOK 
NATION  FEES  FOR  MOTOR  V 

YEARS   1917-1920,  INCLUSIVE 

1917  1918  1920 

10  H.  P.  and  less $  3.00  $  4.50  $  6.00 

25  H.  P.  and  more  than  10 4.00  6.00  8.00 

35  H.  P.  and  more  than  25 6.00  9.00  12.00 

50  H.  P.  and  more  than  35 8.00  16.00  20.00 

More  than  50  H.  P ( 10.00  20.00  25.00 

Motor  bicycle    2.00  3.00  4.00 

Electric  vehicles  to  and  including  2  tons 5.00  10.00  12.00 

Electric  vehicles  over  2  tons 10.00  20.00  25.00 

CARS  REGISTERED  IN  1917  WILL  PAY  ENTIRE  BOND  ISSUE 

"Louis  L.  Emmerson,  Secretary  of  State,  gives  the  number  of  cars  registered  in 
1917  as  in  excess  of  340,000,  yielding  a  revenue  of  $1,588,834.69.  All  people  familiar 
with  the  motor  law  understand  that  if  a  new  car  is  purchased  in  the  fourth  quarter  of 
the  year,  the  purchaser  pays  only  one-fourth  of  the  annual  license  fees.  Therefore,  in 
order  to  determine  the  average  fee  which  each  of  the  340,000  cars  will  pay  when 
registered  for  the  full  year  it  will  be  necessary  to  take  the  records  of  the  first  quarter 
of  1917.  These  records  show  that  there  were  174,555  cars  registered  in  that  quarter  with 
a  total  revenue,  including  motorcycle,  chauffeurs  and  dealers  license  fees,  of  $899,049.70, 
which  means  an  average  of  about  $5.15  per  car.  We  have  shown  that  the  fees  per  car 
to  be  collected  in  1920  are  more  than  double  the  fees  of  1917.  Therefore,  the  340,000 
cars  registered  in  1917  will  pay  in  1920  double  the  amount  paid  in  1917,  or  at  the  rate  of 
over  $10.00  per  car.  On  this  basis  340,000  cars  registered  in  1917  will  produce  in  1920 
an  actual  revenue  in  excess  of  $3,400,000,  which  for  the  period  of  twenty-five  years,  the 
time  during  which  these  bonds  will  be  outstanding,  will  yield  eighty-five  millions  of 
dollars.  The  principal  of  the  bonds  is  $60,000,000,  payable  one-twentieth  each  year 
from  the  date  of  issue.  The  interest,  at  the  rate  of  3^-2  per  cent,  will  amount  to  $22,050,000, 
or  a  total  (including  the  principal)  of  $82,050,000. 

"It  will  be  seen  therefore  that  the  number  of  cars  registered  in  1917  (340,000)  will 
produce  a  revenue  more  than  sufficient  to  pay  the  principal  and  interest  of  the  bonds  even 
though  there  is  no  increase  whatever  over  the  1917  registration. 

PROBABLE  INCREASE  IN  CARS  REGISTERED 

"Having  reached  the  conclusion  that  the  present  number  of  cars  registered  will 
take  care  of  the  bonds  and  interest,  let  us  estimate  the  probable  future  increase  and  the 
purpose  for  which  this  surplus  is  to  be  used.  We  find  that  in  the  past  four  years  there 
has  been  an  actual  increase  of  from  thirty  to  forty  per  cent  each  year  in  the  number 
of  cars  registered.  If  this  rate  of  increase  should  continue  we  would  have  a  total  of 
1,000,000  cars  registered  in  the  State  of  Illinois  by  1924.  We  do  not  anticipate  such  an 
increase ;  but  we  do  anticipate  an  average  increase,  during  the  next  seven  years,  of  ten 
per  cent  annually.  This  would  give  us  by  1924  a  total  of  600,000  cars,  and  would  yield 
an  annual  income  of  over  six  million  dollars. 

"As  a  matter  of  interest,  I  would  call  attention  to  the  fact  that  in  the  State  of 
Iowa  in  1917  there  was  one  car  to  every  eight  persons,  while  in  the  State  of  Illinois 
during  the  same  year  there  was  one  car  to  every  eighteen  persons.  We  do  not  estimate 
that -the  number  of  cars  in  Illinois  will  ever  reach  the  proportion  already  reached  in 
Iowa;  i.  e.,  one  car  to  every  eight  persons,  but  we  do  estimate,  and  we  believe  con- 
servatively, that  by  1924  we  shall  have  one  car  to  every  twelve  persons ;  which,  with 
the  increase  in  population,  will  give  us  approximately  600,000  cars. 

"I  show  herein  a  table  which  gives  a  conservative  estimate  of  the  collections  each 
year  for  the  period  from  1920  to  1944.  The  amount  of  these  collections,  you  will  note, 
is  $147,300,000.  Deducting  the  amount  of  the  bonds,  $60,000,000,  and  the  amount  of  the 
interest,  $22,050,000,  making  a  total  of  $82,050,000,  we  still  have  remaining  $65,250,000. 

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ILLINOIS  HIGHWAY  IMPROVEMENT  BLUEBOOK 


AUSTIN  -WE.STILRN 

stands  for  everything  that  is  high-grade  in  road  machinery. 
This  line  of  machines  is  produced  in  the  largest  and  best 
equipped  factories  of  their  kind  in  the  United  States. 

Behind  them  is  over  forty  years  of  manufacturing  experience,  which 
is  the  best  assurance  of  quality  and  satisfaction  to  protect  the  buyer. 


Midget  Grader  (1OOO  /6s.) 


Little  Western  Grader  (145O  Ibs.) 


The  Austin-Western  Line  includes  everything  for  road 
making  and  maintenance.  In  graders  alone,  there  are  a  doz- 
en different  A-W  sizes  and  styles,  ranging  from  the  Western 
Midget  (1000  Ibs.)  to  the  Austin  Rip-Snorter  (8400  Ibs.) 


Austin  Steam  Roller 


Austin  Motor  Roller 


Steam  Rollers  and  Motor  Rollers  are  a  very  prominent 
feature.  To  indicate  the  importance  of  our  roller  department : 

During  the  War  the  United  States  and  Allied  Governments  pur- 
chased over  700  Austin  Motor  Rollers,  more  than  ten  times  their 
combined  purchases  of  all  other  rollers  and  at  higher  prices. 

The  Austin- Western  Road  Machinery  Co. 

Chicago 


Send  for  our  catalogue  No. 
18  describing  our  entire 
line  of  road  machinery. 


Branch  Offices  or  direct 
representatives  in  every 
state. 


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ILLINOIS  HIGHWAY  IMPROVEMENT  BLUEBOOK 

Table  Showing  Estimated  Amount  of  Motor  Fees  Remaining  for  State  Aid  and  Main- 
tenance Work  After  Paying  the  Annual  Cost  of  Bond  Issue — Estimate  Based  on  a 
100%  Increase  in  Fees  and  at  Graded  Increase  in  Cars  to  a  Total  of  600,000. 


Estimated 

Motor  Fee 

Year 

Collections 

1920 

$  4,800,000 

1921 

5,200,000 

1022 

5,500,000 

1923 

5,800,000 

1924 

6,000,000 

1925 

6,000,000 

1926 

6,000,000 

1927 

6,000,000 

1928 

6,000,000 

1929 

6,000,000 

1930 

6,000,000 

IQ3I 

6,000,000 

1932 

6,000,000 

1933 

6,000,000 

1934 

6,000,000 

1935 

6,000,000 

1936 

6,000,000 

1937 

6,000,000 

1938 

6,000,000 

1939 

6,000,000 

1940 

6,000,000 

1941 

6,000,000 

1942 

6,000,000 

1943 

6,000,000 

1944 

6,000,000 

Totals        $147,300,000 


Payment  on 
Principal 

$  2,400,000 
2,400,000 
2,400,000 
2,400,000 
2,400,000 
2,400,000 
2,400,000 
2,400,000 
2,400,000 
2,400,000 
2,400,000 
2,400,000 
2,400,000 
2,400,000 
2,400,000 
2,400,000 
2,400,000 
2,400,000 
2,400,000 
2,400,000 
2,400,000 
2,400,000 
2,400,000 
2,400,000 
2,400,000 

$60,000,000 


Payment, 
Interest 

$     350,000 

616,000 

882,000 

1,148,000 

1,414,000 

1,680,000 

i  ,596,000 

1,512,000 

1,428,000 

1,344,000 

1,260,000 

1,176,000 

1,092,000 

1,008,000 

924,000 

840,000 

756,000 

672,000 

588,000 

504,000 

420,000 

336,000 

252,000 

168,000 

84,000 

$22,050,000 


Available  for 

State  Aid  Al- 

Total 

lotments   (in- 

Principal and 

cluding 

Interest 

Maintenance) 

$  2,750,000 

$  2,050,000 

3,016,000 

2,184,000 

3,282,000 

2,218,000 

3,548,000 

2,252,000 

3,814,000 

2,186,000 

4,080,000 

1,920,000 

3,996,000 

2,004,000 

3,912,000 

2,088,000 

3,828,000 

2,172,000 

3,744,000 

2,256,000 

3,660,000 

2,340,000 

3,576,000 

2,424,000 

3,492,000 

2,508,000 

3,408,000 

2,592,000 

3,324,000 

2,676,000 

3,240,000 

2,760,000 

3,156,000 

2,844,000 

3,072,000 

2,928,000 

2,988,000 

3,012,000 

2,904,000 

3,096,000 

2,820,000 

3,180,000 

2,736,000 

3,264,000 

2,652,000 

3,348,000 

2,568,000 

3,432,000 

2,484,000 

3,516,000 

52,050,000 


$65,250,000 


IMPROVEMENT  OF  CONNECTING  ROADS  ASSURED 

"The  bonds  and  interest  maturing  each  year  having  been  provided  for,  what  is 
to  be  done  with  this  $65,000,000,  an  average  of  $2,600,000  each  year? 

"The  surplus  is  to  be  used  for  the  improvement  of  the  highways  of  the  state  in  ac- 
cordance with  Article  IV  of  the  Road  and  Bridge  Law,  which  means  that  this  surplus  is 
to  be  used,  first,  for  the  maintenance  of  the  roads  as  they  are  built  and,  second,  for  the 
construction  of  the  connecting  roads  under  the  State  Aid  System.  The  State  Aid  System 
requires  the  counties  to  put  up  an  amount  equal  to  the  State  Aid  allotment  to  the 
respective  counties.  Assuming  that  after  providing  for  maintenance  out  of  this  $65,000,000, 
there  will  be  available  for  allotment  to  the  counties  during  the  25  year  period  the  sum 
of  $40,000,000,  then  the  counties  would  be  called  upon  to  furnish  an  equal  amount,  thus 
making  a  total  sum  of  $80,000,000,  available  from  the  state  and  counties  for  improving 
the  connecting  roads.  But  that  is  not  all  the  money  that  will  be  available  to  build  the 
connecting  roads.  Every  year  there  is  raised  by  the  townships  through  direct  levies  and 
bond  issues  from  $8,000,000  to  $10,000,000.  In  twenty-five  years  this  will  total  from 
$200,000,000  to  $250,000,000,  all  of  which  will  also  be  used  for  this  same  purpose.  This 
means  that  while  we  are  paying  for  the  bond  issue  system  through  motor  fees  we  shall 
also  be  expending  approximately  $300,000,000  without  increasing  general  taxes  beyond 
the  present  tax  rate  and  that  this  $300,000,000  will  all  go  to  help  the  man  who  is  living 
on  a  road  that  is  not  a  part  of,  or  in  a  village  that  is  not  upon,  the  bond  issue  system. 
This  does  not  take  into  consideration  county  bond  issues  which  will  undoubtedly  be  used 
in  many  of  the  counties  to  assist  in  giving  the  man  off  the  road  a  first-class  road  over 
which  to  reach  not  only  his  trading  center,  but  a  road  which  will  connect  him  with  this 
main  system. 


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The  Armour  Idea 


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making  good  food  in  wide  variety 
conveniently  accessible  to  every 
table;  to  identify  such  purity,  quality 
and  goodness  by  a  distinctive  mark; 
to  eliminate  waste;  to  encourage  pro- 
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system  of  distribution;  to  pursue 
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and  economically,  and  in  a  spirit  of 
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ILLINOIS  HIGHWAY  IMPROVEMENT  BLUEBOOK 
FUND  ALREADY  PROVIDED  WITHOUT  ADDITIONAL  TAXATION 

"The  law  providing  the  money  to  pay  the  principal  and  interest  of  these  bonds  is 
Already  upon  the  statute  books.  There  is  therefore  no  additional  tax  to  be  levied  beyond 
that  already  provided  for.  The  only  question  is,  shall  we  use  the  credit  of  the  state 
in  order  to  construct  this  system  of  roads  in  five  years  rather  than  take  twenty-five 
years  in  which  to  complete  this  improvement? 


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"I  am  showing  also  a  table  comparing  the  motor  fees  to  be  paid  in  Illinois  both  in 
1918  and  1920  with  the  fees  paid  by  many  of  the  other  important  states  of  the  union. 
By  a  careful  perusal  of  this  table  it  will  be  apparent  that  even  with  the  increase  in 
license  fees,  which  is  to  be  made  applicable  in  1920,  our  license  fees  will  still  be  much 
below  those  of  many  of  the  other  states." 


BOND  TABLE,  $60,000,000 

Proposed  State  Highway  Bond  Issue  Showing  $10,000,000  Issued  Each  Year  for  Six  Years  During  Construction,  with  Principal 

Payments  Increasing  as  Interest  Decreases 


Year 

Maturities 
1st  issue 

Maturities 
2d  issue 

Maturities 
3d  issue 

Maturities 
4th  issue 

Maturities 
5th  issue 

Maturities 
6th  issue 

Combined 
annual 
maturities 

Total  annual 
interest 
y/2  per  cent 

Total 
annual 
payment 

1... 

$     354,000 

$     354,000 
721,000 
1,101,000 
1,494,000 
1,901,000 
2,321,000 
2,402,000 
2,485,000 
2,571,000 
2,660,000 
2,752,000 
2,848,000 
2,947,000 
3,050,000 
3,156,000 
3,266,000 
3,380,000 
3,498,000 
3,619,000 
3,744,000 
3,172,000 
2,580,000 
1,967,000 
1,333,000 
678,000 

$     350,000 
687,610 
1,012,375 
1,323,840 
1,621,500 
1,905,015 
1,823,780 
1,739,710 
1,652,735 
1,562,750 
1,469,650 
1,373,330 
1,273,650 
1,170,505 
1,063,755 
953,295 
838,985 
720,685 
598,255 
471,590 
340,550 
229,530 
139,230 
70,385 
23,730 

$     704,000 
1,408,610 
2,113,375 
2,817,840 
3,522,550 
4,22^,015 
4,225,780 
4,224,710 
4,223,735 
4,222,750 
4,221,650 
4,221,330 
4,220,650 
4,220,505 
4,219,755 
4,219,295 
4,218,985 
4,218,685 
4,217,255 
4,215,590 
3,512,550 
2,809,530 
2,106,230 
1,403,385 
701,730 

2  

367,000 
380,000 
393,000 
407,000 
420,000 
435,000 
450,000 
466,000 
482,000 
499,000 
516,000 
534,000 
553,000 
572,000 
592,000 
613,000 
634,000 
655,000 
678,000 

$     354,000 
367,000 
380,000 
393,000 
407,000 
420,000 
435,000 
450,000 
466,000 
482,000 
499,000 
516,000 
534,000 
553,000 
572,000 
592,000 
613,000 
634,000 
655,000 
678,000 

3  

$     354,000 
367,000 
386,000 
393,000 
407,000 
420,000 
435,000 
450,000 
466,000 
482,000 
499,000 
516,000 
534,000 
553,000 
572,000 
592,000 
613,000 
634,000 
655,000 
678,000 

4  

$     354,000 
367,000 
380,000 
393,000 
407,000 
420,000 
435,000 
450,000 
466,000 
482,000 
499,000 
516,000 
534,000 
553,000 
572,000 
592,000 
613,000 
634,000 
655,000 
678,000 

5  

$     354,000 
367,000 
380,000 
393,000 
407,000 
420,000 
435,000 
450,000 
466,000 
482,000 
499,000 
516,000 
534,000 
553,000 
572,000 
592,000 
613,000 
634.000 
655,000 
678,000 

6...     . 

$     354,000 
367,000 
380,000 
393,000 
407,000 
420,000 
435,000 
450,000 
466,000 
482,000 
499,000 
516,000 
534,000 
553,000 
572,000 
592,000 
613,000 
631,000 
655,000 
678,000 

7  

8  . 

9  

10 

11  

12 

13  

14  

15  .  • 

16  

17  ... 

18  
19  
20  

21  

22  

23  

24  

25  

$10,000,000 

$10.000,000  !$10,000,000 

$10,000,000 

S10,000,000 

$10,000,000 

$60,000,000 

$24,416,490  1  $84,416,490 

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ILLINOIS  HIGHWAY  IMPROVEMENT  BLUEBOOK 
BOND  TABLE,  $60,000,000 

Proposed  State  Highway  Bond  Issue  Showing  $10,000,000  Issued  Each  Year  for  Six  Years  During  Construction,  with  Principal 

Payments  Fixed  at  $500,000  per  Issue  Each  Year 


Year 

Maturities 
1st  Issue 

Maturities 
2d  Issue 

Maturities 
3d  Issue 

Maturities 
4th  Issue 

Maturities 
5th  Issue 

Maturities 
6th  Issue 

Combined 
annual 
maturities 

Total  annual 
interest 
"iiYi  per  cent 

Total 
annual 
payment 

1      .     . 

$     500,000 

$     500,000 
1,000,000 
1,500,000 
2,000,000 
2,500,000 
3,000,000 
3,000,000 
3,000,000 
3,000,000 
3,000,000 
3,000,000 
3,000,000 
3,000,000 
3,000,000 
3,000,000 
3,000,000 
3,000,000 
3,000,000 
3,000,000 
3,000,000 
2,500,000 
2,000,000 
1,500,000 
1,000,000 
500,000 

$     350,000 
682,500 
997,500 
1,295,000 
1,575,000 
1,837,500 
1,732,500 
1,627,500 
1,522,500 
1,417,500 
1,312,500 
1,207,500 
1.102,500 
997,500 
892,500 
787,500 
682,500 
577,500 
472,500 
367,500 
262,500 
175,000 
105,000 
52,500 
17,500 

$     850,000 
1,682,500 
2,497,500 
3,295,000 
4,075,000 
4,837,500 
4,732,500 
4,627,500 
4,522,500 
4,417,500 
4,312,500 
4,207,500 
4,102,500 
3,997,500 
3,892,500 
3,787,500 
3,682,500 
3,577,500 
3,472,500 
3,367,500 
2,762,500 
2,175,000 
1,605,000 
1,052,500 
517,500 

2  
3 

500,000 
500,000 
500,000 
500,000 
500,000 
500,000 
500,000 
500,000 
500,000 
500,000 
500,000 
500,000 
500,000 
500,000 
500,000 
500,000 
500,000 
500,000 
500,000 

$     500,000 
500,000 
500,000 
500,000 
500,000 
500,000 
500,000 
500,000 
500,000 
500,000 
500,000 
500,000 
500,000 
500,000 
500,000 
500,000 
500,000 
500,000 
500,000 
500.000 

$'  '  500,666 
500,000 
500,000 
500,000 
500,000 
500,000 
500,000 
500,000 
500,000 
500,000 
500,000 
500,000 
500,000 
500,000 
500,000 
500,000 
500,000 
500,000 
500,000 
500,000 

4 

$     500,000 
500,000 
500,000 
500,000 
500,000 
500,000 
500,000 
500,000 
500,000 
500,000 
500,000 
500,000 
500,000 
500,000 
500,000 
500,000 
500,000 
500,000 
500,000 
500,000 

5 

$     500,000 
500,000 
500,000 
500,000 
500,000 
500,000 
500,000 
500,000 
500,000 
500,000 
500,000 
500,000 
500,000 
500,000 
500,000 
500,000 
500,000 
500,000 
500,000 
500,000 

6 

$     500,000 
500,000 
500,000 
500,000 
500,000 
500,000 
500,000 
500,000 
500,000 
500,000 
500,000 
500,000 
500,000 
500,000 
500,000 
500,000 
500,000 
500,000 
500,000 
500,000 

7 

8  ... 

9  

10 

11   

12 

13  .... 

14 

15  ... 

16......... 

17 

18  

19 

20  .... 

21 

2' 

23  

24 

:.:.... 

25  . 

$10,000,000 

$10,000,000 

$10,000,000   $10,000,000 

$10,000,000 

$10,000,000 

$60,000,000   $22,050,000 

$82,050,000 

Average  Payment  Over  25-Year  Period 

Principal $2,400,000 

Interest 882,000 


Total $3,282,000 


Motor  Fees  Collected 

Number  of 

Autos  Fees 

1911 38,269  $  105,344.28 

1912 68,012  375,716.22 

1913 94,646  507,13477 

1914 131,140  703,403-70 

1915 180,832  924,905.74 

1916 248,429  1,236,566.35 

1917 340,252  1,588,834-69 

1918 389,761  2,762,574.03 

1919  (To  April  i ) . . .  286,300  2,097,465.41 


Annual  Fees  Prior  to  1918 

10  horse  power  and  less $  3.00 

25  horse  power  and  more  than  10 
horse  power  4.00 

35  horse  power  and  more  than  25 
horse  power  6.00 

50  horse  power  and  more  than  35 
horse  power  8.00 

More  than  50  horse  power 10.00 

Electric  motor  vehicles  of  2  tons  ca- 
pacity and  less  5.00 

Electric  motor  vehicles  of  over  2  tons 
capacity  ic.co 


Registration  Fees  for  Motor  Vehicles  Showing  Rates 
Effective  in  1918-1919  and  1920 

1918  1919  1920 

10  H.  P.  and  less. $  4.50  $  4.50  $  6.00 

25   H.  P.  and  more  than  10 6.00  6.00  8.00 

35  H.  P.  and  more  than  25 9.00  9.00  12.00 

50  H.  P.  and  more  than  35 16.00  16.00  20.00 

More  than  50  H.  P 20.00  20.00  25.00 

Motor  bicycle 3.00  3.00  4.00 

Electric  vehicles  to  and  including  2  tons 10.00  10.00  12.00 

Electric  vehicles  over  2  tons 20.00  20.00  25.00 


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ILLINOIS  HIGHWAY  IMPROVEMENT  BLUEBOOK 


Conservative  Loans 

on  City  Real  Estate 

Choice  Farm  Loans 

Chiefly  on  the  black  lands 

of  Illinois,  Iowa,  Idaho  and 

Montana 

Paying  5%  to  6°fo  Interest 

Amounts  to  suit  any  investor 

Applications  for  city  and  farm  loans  solicited 

This  bank  accepts  and  executes  trusts 
in  all  capacities 


• 


EOPLES 


IRUSTaidSAVlNGSBANK 

OF    CHICAGO 

"Opposite  the  Lions"  on  Michigan  Boulevard 

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What  the  Labor  Unions  Did 


Amon&  Most  Effective  Good  Roads  Boosters 


L 


ABOR  unions  were  among  the  most  effective  agencies  that  worked 
in  behalf  of  the  bond  issue.  From  the  earliest  years  of  the  move- 
ment leaders  of  organized  labor  were  firm  believers  in  good  roads 
I  and  assisted  in  furthering  the  cause  whereon  they  were  called  on. 
In  the  bond  issue  campaign  they  joined  hands  with  the  motorists, 
farmers  and  business  men  and  took  a  leading  part,  carrying  on 
their  own  campaign  in  cooperation  with  the  Illinois  Highway  Improvement 
Association. 

The  Illinois  State  Federation  of  Labor,  the  Chicago  Federation  of  Labor, 
the  Chicago  Building  Trades  Council,  State  Miners  Association,  and  other 
parent  organizations  took  the  leadership. 

In  the  last  six  weeks  of  the  cam- 
paign Gov.  Lowden  amplified  an 
earlier  statement  he  had  made  and 
declared  that  about  $30,000,000  of  the 
$60,000,000  involved  in  the  bond  issue 
would  go  to  labor. 

This  statement  brought  this  en- 
largement from  Barney  Cohen,  Illinois 
State  Director  of  Labor,  and  a  promi- 
nent union  man : 

"From  the  most  careful  estimates  by 
men  familiar  with  road  building,  it  can  be 
surely  asserted  that  of  the  $60,000,000  com- 
ing from  the  proceeds  of  automobile  licenses 
that  at  least  one-half,  or  $30,000,000  will  be 
paid  to  labor  for  its  work  in  building  these 
roads. 

"Even  though  a  working  man  does  not 
himself  do  any  work  on  this  enterprise,  yet 
he  will  be  favorably  affected  by  it,  for  he 
will  not  be  subjected  to  the  competition  of 
those  who  will  be  employed.  Workers  at 
skilled  trades  will  be  better  enabled  to  main- 
tain the  present  prices  for  their  services  if 
the  State  is  employing  $30,000,000  worth  of 
labor  on  a  State  enterprise.  With  workmen 
drawing  this  sum,  not  only  will  a  vast  work- 
ing force  be  withdrawn  from  competitive 
industry,  but  the  distribution  of  this  vast 
sum  among  the  workers  will  tend  to  render 
stable  all  industrial  enterprises. 

"Distribute  $30,000,000  among  those 
workers  who  will  be  actively  employed  in 
the  enterprise,  and  this  sum  will  be  re-dis- 
tributed among  other  workers  to  pay  for 
everything  that  labor  produces." 

Mr.  Cohen's  statement  and  the  indorsement  of  union  labor  bodies  were 
published  in  a  pamphlet  entitled,  "Labor's  Interest  in  Good  Roads  in  Illinois." 


ROBERT  W.  DUNN 

Mr.  Dunn  took  up  the  good  roads  burden  in 
1913  as  chairman  of  the  good  roads  committee 
of  the  Hamilton  Club  of  Chicago.  He  was  on 
the  advisory  board  of  the  Illinois  Highway 
Improvement  association  until  1917  when  he 
was  elected  secretary.  He  also  has  been  a 
director  of  the  Associated  Roads  Organization 
of  Chicago  and  Cook  County.  A  successful 
and  busy  Chicago  lawyer,  Mr.  Dunn  has 
donated  his  legal  services  to  the  association  in 
litigation  connected  with  county  and  state 
good  roads  bond  issues.  Being  a  forceful 
speaker,  he  was  in  great  demand  as  an  orator 
during  the  $60,000,000  bond  issue  campaign. 


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J  I IL 


GOOD  BONDS 

for 

GOOD  ROADS 

National  Surety  Company 

(The  World's  Largest  Surety  Company) 

Executes  Bonds  for  Road 
Contractors 

JlflllillPElJfftNC. 

General  Agents 

CHAS.  H.  BURRAS   President 

W.  HERBERT  STEWART,  Vice  President     JOHN  McKECHNEY,  Vice  President 
EMIL  L.  LEDERER,  Secretary 

THE  ROOKERY  CHICAGO,  ILL 


Largest  Surety  Bond  Agency  in  the  World 


JL 


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MINERS'  FEDERATION  INDORSES  IT 

The  state  convention  of  the  Illinois  Federation  of  Miners  adopted  the 
following  indorsement : 

"Whereas,  The  Illinois  Legislature  has  submitted  to  the  voters  of  Illinois  for  their 
consideration  at  the  General  Election  in  November  next  an  important  question  that 
requires  a  majority  of  all  the  votes  cast  at  said  election  for  adoption,  and 

"Whereas,  This  proposition  is  of  such  interest  that  we  as  miners,  members  of  the 
Illinois  Federation  of  Miners  in  Convention  assembled  at  Peqria,  recognizing  the  gen- 
eral good  to  result  from  an  improved  system  of  hard-surfaced  highways,  desire  to  express 
our  approval. 

"Therefore  be  it  resolved,  That  we  give  hearty  endorsement  to  the  proposed 
$60,000,000  good  road  Bond  Issue,  with  the  understanding  that  the  funds  to  pay  both 
the  principal  and  the  interest  on  the  Bond  are  to  be  secured  from  State  Motor  Vehicle 
License  fees  as  provided  for  in  the  enabling  act  passed  by  the  5Oth  General  Assembly." 

CHICAGO  FEDERATION  AND  CAR  MEN 

The  Chicago  Federation  of  Labor  and  Typographical  Union  No.  16  of 
Chicago,  adopted  this  resolution. 

"Resolved,  That  we  give  hearty  indorsement  to  the  proposed  $60,000,000  bond  issue, 
with  the  understanding  that  the  funds  to  pay  both  the  principal  and  the  interest  on  the 
bonds  are  to  be  secured  from  the  state  motor  vehicle  license  fees  *  *  *  and  with  the 
further  understanding  that  no  effort  will  be  made  to  sell  the  bonds  or  to  build  the  roads 
until  after  we  win  the  war." 

The   Chicago   Street   Car   Men's   Union   adopted   this   indorsement: 

"Whereas,  The  proposed  $60,000,000  Good  Roads  Bond  Issue,  which  the  Illinois 
Legislature  has  submitted  to  the  voters  of  I/linois  in  the  coming  November  election, 
will  result  in  great  advantages  to  the  people  of  Illinois  generally  if  endorsed  by  the 
voters,  and 

"Whereas,  The  funds  to  pay  both  the  principal  and  interest  on  the  bonds  are  to  be 
secured  from  State  motor  vehicle  license  fees,  the  bonds  to  be  marketed  and  the  work 
to  commence  after  the  close  of  the  war,  giving  a  return  to  labor  of  more  than  $30,000,000 
in  construction  work,  while  the  total  cost  will  be  borne  by  those  who  own  automobiles, 
the  funds  coming  from  the  motor  license  fees  solely,  and 

"Whereas,  The  passage  of  this  bond  issue  would  not  only  prove  advantageous  to  labor, 
but  to  the  citizens  of  Illinois  as  a  whole,  therefore  be  it 

"Resolved,  That  Division  241  of  the  Amalgamated  Association  of  Street  and  Elec- 
tric Railway  Employes  of  America  endorse  this  proposition  and  urge  upon  our  members 
the  necessity  of  voting  for  it  at  the  November  election,  a  majority  of  all  votes  cast  at 
this  election  being  required  for  its  adoption." 

Other  labor  bodies  that  actively  assisted  were : 

Division  No.  i,  Order  of  Railway  Conductors ;  Brotherhood  of  Threshermen ;  Quincy 
Trades  and  Labor  Assembly;  W.  M.  Hobbs,  Lodge  No.  4,  P.  H.  Morrissey  Lodge  No. 
62,  At  Last  Lodge  No.  456  and  Columbia  Lodge  No.  479,  Brotherhood  of  Railroad  Train- 
men; Jack  Christie  Division  No.  231,  John  Player  Division  No.  458  and  No.  645, 
Brotherhood  of  Locomotive  Engineers ;  Lodge  No.  217,  Brotherhood  of  the  Locomotive 
Firemen  and  Enginemen;  Springfield  Federation  of  Labor;  Bricklayers  and  Stone 
Masons  Union  of  Chicago ;  Central  Trades  and  Labor  Assembly  of  Bloomington ;  and 
Garden  City  Branch  No.  n,  Chicago  Letter  Carriers'  Association. 

The  heavy  vote  that  the  bond  issue  received  in  the  wards  of  Chicago, 
Peoria  and  other  cities  where  workingmen  lived  was  attributed  to  the  active 
support  given  by  the  labor  unions. 


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Use  Our  Experience  in 
Making  Your  Investments 

WE  have  been  buying  and  selling  securities  for 
a  good  many  years.     Our  experts  base  their 
judgment  of  value  upon  investigated  facts.     They 
have  the  experience  and  the  facilities  for  gathering 
fundamental  data. 

In  this  bank  investors  obtain  real  service  and  a  per- 
sonal attention,  which  aims  to  assist  each  customer 
in  making  investments  best  suited  to  individual  needs. 

Safety,  courtesy  and  reliable  informa- 
tion are  the  features  we  emphasize 
in  seeking  the  patronage  of  those  who 
make  investments — large  or  small. 

BOND  DEPARTMENT 


N.W.  Cor.  La  Sallt     &    Monroe    Streets, 


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What  the  Farmers  Did 

Why  the  Agriculturist  was  For  the  Bond  Issue 


I 


HE  agricultural  interests,  with  few  exceptions,  did  yeoman  serv- 
ice in  the  bond  issue  campaign.     The  Illinois  Farmers   Insti- 
tute, with  its  branches  in  each  county;  the  Corn  Growers  and 
Stockmen;  the  State  Dairymen's  Association;  the  Agricultural 
Association  of  Illinois;  the  Cook  County  Truck  Gardeners  and 
Farmers  Association ;  the  stock  growers  and  breeders,  the  county 
farm  advisers,  the  Rural  Mail  Carriers'  Association,  the  State  Grain  Dealers 
Association  and   kindred   organizations   were  back   of   the   bond   issue   with 
their  full  memberships. 

Boards  of  supervisors  of  nearly  all  the  counties  of  the  state,  composed 
largely  of  farmers,  and  the  convention  of  supervisors,  county  commissioners, 
county  clerks,  probate  clerks  and  county  auditors  indorsed  the  issue  and 
worked  for  it. 

A  typical  resolution  of  indorsement  was  that  passed  by  the  State  Dairy- 
men's Association.  It  follows: 

'Whereas,  This  method  appears  the  only  satisfactory  one  to  construct  a  reasonably 
complete  system  within  the  space  of  an  ordinary  lifetime ;  and 

'Whereas,  There  is  no  modern  movement  of  such  vital  interest  to  all  agriculturists 
and  to  dairymen  in  particular  as  the  easy  transportation  of  our  products  to  market; 
therefore  be  it 

"Resolved,  That  this  association  heartily  indorse  the  proposition  to  issue  state  bonds 
for  the  purpose  of  building  hard  roads." 

DISTRIBUTE  1,000,000  PAMPHLETS 

The  organizations  named  above  were  instrumental  in  circulating  nearly 
1,000,000  pamphlets  entitled  "365-Day  Roads,"  written  by  B.  F.  Harris,  banker- 
farmer  of  Champaign,  and  "The  Sixty  Million  Dollar  Bond  Issue  from  the 
Farmer's  Standpoint,"  written  by  H.  M.  Dunlap  of  Savoy,  farmer-horti- 
culturist and  a  member  of  the  Illinois  senate. 

Part  of  Mr.  Dunlap's  paper  follows: 

"Now  as  to  the  man  who  does  not  own  an  automobile.  You  will  have  a  harder 
time  to  convince  him,  for  the  reason  that  you  are  telling  him  that  he  is  getting  some- 
thing for  nothing.  I  do  not  know  whether  you  know  the  mind  of  the  average  farmer 
as  I  do,  or  of  the  average  man,  for  that  matter,  but  when  you  approach  the  average 
man  and  tell  him  you  are  going  to  give  him  something  for  nothing,  he  naturally  grows 
suspicious ;  so  you  are  going  to  have  more  trouble  convincing  the  man  without  the 
automobile  that  he  should  vote  for  the  bond  issue  than  the  one  with  the  automobile. 
He  must  be  satisfied  that  this  is  what  it  purports  to  be — a  case  where  the  automobile 
owner. pays  the  bill. 

"The  ordinary  farmer  should  look  at  this  matter  of  hard  surfaced  roads  from  an 
unbiased  standpoint,  and  see  that  it  is  to  his  advantage,  whether  he  owns  an  automobile 
or  not.  One  of  the  advantages  is  'economy.'  He  will  save  one-half  in  hauling  his 
crops  to  the  market.  His  teams  will  haul  heavier  loads,  they  will  make  the  trip  in  a 
much  shorter  space  of  time,  and  the  general  expense  of  wear  and  tear  upon  his  team 
will  be  less.  These  are  the  things  that  come  home  to  the  farmer  in  an  economic  way. 
When  these  roads  are  built,  the  farmers  are  going  to  do  more  of  the  hauling  with 
trucks,  and  a  farmer  should  look  forward  to  that  side  of  the  question.  I  refer  to  a  little 
experience  in  hauling  my  crops  from  the  orchard  to  Champaign.  Over  the  dirt  road 
system  a  few  years  ago,  I  had  a  3-tpn  truck  with  a  trailer  behind  it,  with  which  we 
hauled  60  barrels  of  apples.  These  sixty  barrels  weighed  160  pounds  each.  We  made 
three  trips  daily  to  town.  If  we  made  a  fourth  trip,  we  had  to  go  beyond  the  limit  of 

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OFFICERS 

ERNEST  A.    HAMILL,    PRESIDENT 
CHARLES  L.  HUTCHINSON,  VICE-PRES. 

D.  A.  MOULTON,  VICE-PRESIDENT 
OWEN  T.  REEVES,  JR. .VICE-PRESIDENT 

J.    EDWARD   MAASS,   VICE-PRESIDENT 
NORMAN  J.   FORD,  VICE-PRESIDENT 
JAMES  G.  WAKEFIELD,  CASHIER 
LEWIS  E.   GARY,   ASS'T  CASHIER 
EDWARD  F.  SCHOENECK,  ASS'T  CASH. 
JAMES  A.  WALKER,  ASS'T  CASHIER 
CHARLES  NOVAK,  ASS'T  CASHIER 
JOSEPH  C.  ROVENSKY,  ASS'T  CASH. 

DIRECTORS 
WATSON   F.  BLAIR 
CHAUNCEY  B.  BORLAND 
EDWARD  B.  BUTLER 
BENJAMIN    CARPENTER 
CLYDE   M.  CARR 
ERNEST  A.  HAMILL,  PRESIDENT 
CHARLES  H.   HULBURD 
CHARLES  L.  HUTCHINSON, VICE-PRES. 
MARTIN   A.   RYERSON 
J.    HARRY  SELZ 
EDWARD  A.    SHEDD 
ROBERT  J.   THORNE 
CHARLES   H.  WACKER 


SAVINGS   DEPARTMENT 
JAMES  K.  CALHOUN,  MANAGER 


Capital  and  Surplus 
$10,000,000 


CORN  EXCHANGE  BANK  BUILDING 


The  Corn  Exchange  National  Bank 
$f  Chicago 


Accounts  of  Individuals,  Firms  and 
Corporations  Invited 


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Ten 
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'  and  their 

Authoritative 
Answers 


the  $60,000,000.00 
OF  STATE  BONDS 

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SAMPLES  OF  PAMPHLETS  WIDELY  DISTRIBUTED  DURING  THE  CAMPAIGN.    COUNTY  COMMIT- 
TEES WERE  ALLOWED  TO  PICK  THE  CIRCULARS  BEST  FITTED  TO  THEIR  CONSTITUENCIES. 

ten  hours.  Since  these  hard  roads  were  completed  down  to  my  farm,  we  have  been 
hauling  with  that  same  truck  and  trailer  85  barrels  instead  of  60.  Instead  of  making 
three  trips  per  day,  we  made  five.  Such  facts  as  that  ought  to  appeal  to  the  farmer  who 
has  crops  to  haul.  While  I  have  not  figured  the  exact  amount  of  that  saving  in  dollars 
and  cents,  you  can  see  that  it  is  very  considerable.  It  is  over  100  per  cent,  and  then 
some. 

"Not  only  would  these  roads  be  a  benefit  to  the  farmer  from  an  economic  stand- 
point, but  they  are  of  great  value  to  him  from  an  educational  and  social  standpoint. 
If  we  ever  have  these  roads,  there  will  be  an  improved  system  of  schools  in  the  country 
— especially  outside  of  the  city — over  what  there  is  today.  The  little  red  school  house 
with  a  dozen  scholars  (I  think  there  are  some  800  in  the  State  with  less  than  eight 
scholars)  as  well  as  the  larger  ones,  will  be  consolidated  into  community  schools,  and 
these  schools  being  community  schools  made  from  consolidated  districts  will  be  stronger, 
and  with  the  better  corps  of  teachers  you  will  be  able  to  get  will  be  much  better. 
Your  expense  of  running  the  school  will  be  lessened  or  at  least  not  increased,  and  there 
will  result  a  greatly  increased  value  in  the  training  that  your  children  will  get  in  those 
schools.  The  community  school  would  be  worth  many  wonderful  things  to  the  neigh- 
borhood in  which  it  is  located,  and  I  take  it  that  our  high  schools  now  in  considerable 
disrepute  over  the  State  will  be  modified  into  community  schools.  At  the  same  time 
they  will  teach  the  grade  as  well  as  the  high  school  studies,  and  become  centers  for  the 
community,  as  they  should  be.  When  these  things  come  about — and  nothing  will  bring 
them  about  quicker  than  good  roads — the  community  will  certainly  experience  a  definite 
and  striking  advance  in  education. 

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THE  ESSENTIAL  SIDE  OF  IT  TO  THE  FARMER 

"If  there  is  anything  that  will  tend  to  keep  the  young  people  on  the  farm,  and  that 
will  make  the  life  of  the  older  ones  living  upon  the  farms  more  enjoyable,  it  is  better 
roads  and  automobiles.  Now  I  can  say  from  experience  that  every  farmer  who  lives 
upon  a  farm  can  appreciate  that  fact.  It  will  do  away  in  some  measure  with  the  line 
of  demarkation  between  the  city  and  the  country.  It  will  make  the  farmer  more  self- 
respecting.  He  will  take  a  more  active  part  in  the  social  affairs  of  his  neighborhood, 
which  should  include  the  city  as  well  as  the  country.  The  city  people  will  mingle  with  the 
country  people  more  in  their  social  affairs  than  has  been  done  in  the  past.  With  dirt  roads, 
it  is  impossible  to  make  an  appointment  in  the  city  in  advance  without  taking  the  weather 
into  consideration,  unless  you  are  living  upon  a  hard  road.  In  the  earlier  days,  speak- 
ing about  social  affairs,  it  was  almost  impossible  to  think  of  buying  tickets  for  an  enter- 
tainment of  any  kind  in  advance  because  we  did  not  know  that  we  would  be  able  to 
attend  when  it  came  off. 

"I  was  on  the  road  and  bridge  committee  of  our  county  board  some  twenty-five 
years  ago,  and  we  had  occasion  to  inspect  a  bridge  which  was  being  constructed  in 
this  county.  We  took  the  train  to  Rantoul  and  drove  to  Fisher,  a  distance  of  ten  miles, 
in  a  two-seated  buggy.  We  had  not  gone  very  far  when  two  of  us  had  to  get  out  and 
walk — while  the  third,  with  the  driver,  stayed  in  the  buggy — and  punched  mud  out  of 
the  spokes  of  the  wheels  in  order  that  the  team  could  pull  the  rig.  Two  of  us  walked 
two-thirds  of  the  way,  changing  off  in  punching  mud  in  order  to  get  there.  That  is 
the  kind  of  roads  we  have  been  up  against  in  this  county.  Better  roads,  as  proposed 
by  this  system,  will  enable  us  to  get  over  the  county  readily,  and  over  the  State  as  well. 
Five  thousand  miles  of  roads  will  make  us  happy. 

"When  the  farmer  says  that  these  roads  do  not  pass  his  farm,  and  he  is  not 
interested,  he  is  mistaken.  If  lie  will  stop  to  think  a  moment,  he  will  know  that  he  is 
interested.  If  he  wants  to  go  50,  100,  200  or  more  miles  away  from  home,  all  he  has  to 
do  is  to  drive  to  the  nearest  hard  road,  not  more  than  five  miles  away,  and  on  this 
improved  road  he  can  go  any  place  in  the  State,  and  this  is  not  all :  These  roads  can 
afterward  be  connected  up — they  are  the  skeleton,  and  if  a  progressive  community  de- 
sires to  have  roads  connecting  with  this  State  road  system,  there  is  a  good  opportunity 
to  secure  them  by  showing  the  right  amount  of  activity  in  their  local  community.  The 
million  dollars  that  have  been  provided  heretofore  by  the  State,  and  met  by  similar 
appropriations  from  the  counties,  will  put  in  some  of  these  connecting  or  local  roads 
each  year  as  time  goes  along,  and  if  a  county  gets  in  a  hurry  and  wants  to  do  this 
thing  right,  it  will  issue  bonds  and  build  the  connecting  local  roads  within  a  year  or 
two,  so  that  they  have  the  advantage  of  local  county  roads  and  are  connected  up  with 
the  entire  system  of  State  roads.  So  it  seems  the  farmer  has  everything  that  would 
interest  him  in  a  proposition  of  this  kind,  as  the  farmers  own  automobiles  more  than 
the  city  people — it  would  seem  that  at  least  75  per  cent  of  the  farmers  own  automobiles, 
because  less  than  15  per  cent  of  the  vehicles  that  go  by  my  place  are  drawn  by  horses. 
We  are  coming  to  the  time  when  you  don't  have  to  talk  to  the  farmer  as  a  class  on  this 
bond  issue.  The  only  thing  is  that  he  shall  understand  that  the  money  will  be  paid  in 
the  way  it  is.  This  money  has  been  provided  for  by  a  law  already  enacted.  The  auto- 
mobile fee  has  been  levied. 

"Now  the  question  is :  'Do  you  want  to  keep  on  building  these  roads  year  by  year 
as  the  money  is  paid  in,  a  few  miles  in  each  county  at  a  time,  going  over  a  period  of 
25  years,  or  do  you  want  to  build  them  all  within  the  short  period  of  five  years,  as  pro- 
vided by  the  bond  issue?' 

"When  this  proposition  of  a  State-wide  and  State-controlled  system  of  hard  roads 
was  first  called  to  my  attention  at  the  Danville  Convention  a  year  ago,  Mr.  Edens,  your 
President,  will  tell  you  that  I  did  not  fall  in  with  it  at  once.  I  was  not  sure  that  was 
the  best  way  to  build  these  roads.  I  said  I  would  investigate,  and  I  have  done  so.  When 
the  matter  came  up  in  the  Legislature,  I  made  up  my  mind  that  there  are  objections  to 
the  present  system  of  State  and  county  aid  roads  that  were  not  conducive  to  the  best 
results  when  it  came  to  a  comprehensive  State-wide  system  of  roads.  In  the  first 
place,  under  present  law,  the  character  of  the  road  is  left  to  the  board  of  supervisors 
to  determine.  They  lay  out  the  roads  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  Highway  Commis- 
sion, so  that  you  have  practically  102  different  ideas  on  road  building,  because  each 
county  has  its  own  ideas,  and  perhaps  each  member  on  the  county  board  has  an  individual 
idea.  Some  of  the  counties  will  want  to  use  the  money  in  one  way  and  some  in  another, 
and  it  would  take  a  long  time  to  get  a  complete  system  of  State  roads.  I  came  to  the 
conclusion,  and  I  certainly  feel  that  the  Legislature  did  a  very  wise  thing  in  passing 
this  bond  issue  proposition,  because  it  gives  us  the  opportunity  to  determine  next 
November  that  we  shall  build  these  roads  within  a  certain  specified  period — within  five 
years,  no  doubt,  which  time  will  be  limited  instead  of  spreading  it  over  a  period  of  25 

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years  and  leaving  it  to  the  option  of  the  county  boards.    You  must  have  a  head  to  these 
things — some  sort  of  system." 

The  farmers  provided  some  of  the  most  effective  speakers  of  the  campaign. 
Among  these  were  August  Geweke  of  Morton  Grove  and  James  Wilson,  former 
member  of  the  state  highway  commission. 


'PULL    ILLINOIS    OUT    OF    THE    MUD" 


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nfTP     PT    4'rj?nt?M    *  A  State  Bond  Issue  of  $60,000,000  to  be  voted  for  at  the  General  EUaion  in  November, 
U\JI\.    ri^Slll   UI\1V1    1918,  as  authorized  by  the  Fiftieth  General  Assembly,  for  the  purpose  of  construaing  a  State 

Wide   System  of  permanent   hard  roads  to  connect  the  different  communities  and  principal  cities  and  towns  of  the  Stale. 

2  Funds  {or  the  payment  of  the  bonds  and  the  interest  thereon  to  be  taken  from  State  Automobile  License  Feet  now  being 

accumulated  by  the  State  of  Illinois  for  this  purpose.      3    Authorize  issuance  of  these  bonds  now    and    build  the  roads 

after  the  war,  when  public  improvements  will  give  timely  employment  to  labor. 

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For  co-operation  of  high  merit  in  the 
successful  campaign  for  approval  by 
the  people  of  Illinois  of  the  $60,000,000 
State  Good  Roads  Bond  Issue,  1918 

2frp  oroer  of  tfje  <£xecuttoe  Committee 


WILLIAM  G.  EDENS 

President 

ROBERT  V/.  DUNN 

Secretary 

THOMAS  SUDDUTH 

Treasurer 


S.  E.  BRADT 

State  Supr .  of  Highways 

HENRY  PAULMAN 

Chairman  Finance  Committee 

CLIFFORD  S.  OLDER 

Stute  Highway  Engineer 


OFFICERS     I9I7-I9II 
Proildrnt— WILLIAM  G.  EDENB. 

HICHABU  J.  FINNEGAN.  Chfcai 

W.  r.  CBOSLEY.'ca'lroT1 
ARTHUR  B.  HALL,  DanrUl* 
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THOMAS  SUDIH'TH.  Surlnsfltld 

KOBEKT  W.  DUNN. 

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EXECUTIVE  COHHITTEE 

WILLIAM  O.  EDENS.  Chlcaso 
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Hon.  HOMER  J.  TICE.  GrcMiftew 
HENRY  PAULMAN.  Chicago 


Mrt.  RICHARD  J.  OGLESBY. 

Mn.  CHARLES  C.  CBAIO.  Calx' 
Mr»  JACOII  11AUB   fhlcaio 
VICTOR  A.  OLANDEB.  Cnlcato 


Ei  GotCTtior  EDWABD  T.  DUNNE. 

Chicago 
Dr.  EDMUND  J_.  JAMES. 

IjlFAYETTEFUNR^Btoomlnilou 
JOSEPH  FCLKERSON.  J.n.jillle 
JAMES  P.  WILSON.  Polo 
A.  D.  GABH,  Chicago 

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El  DENE  FUNK.  BloomUutoo 

FRED  W.  JENCK8.  Elgin 
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E.  U.  LANDWEHR.  Sherroorrlll* 
Dr.  W.  E.  TAYLOR.  Molln< 
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(•:  H.  WAY.  Eut  St.  Louis 
Col.  E.  A.  SMITH.  Morrlaon 

PUBLICITY   COHIIITTEE 
RICHARD  J.  FINNEGAN.  Chlcaav 
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W.  R.  GOODWIN.  Chicago 
C.  V.  GBEGOBY.  ChSSo" 
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U.  G.  OHENUORFF.  Cuton 

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HARRY  NEWMAN,  Chlcl'io 

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HENRY  R.  KENT,  Vice-President  WM.  L.  McKEE,  Vice-President 

JOHN  FLETCHER,  Vice-President  WM.  W.  LE  GROS,  Cashier 

GEORGE  H.  WILSON,  Vice-President  CHAS.  L.  BOYE,  Asst.  Cashier 

MARCUS  JACOBOWSKY,  Vice-President     ROBT.  J.  McKAY,  Asst.  Cashier 
CHARLES  FERNALD,  Vice-President  WM.  E.  McLALLEN,  Asst.  Cashier 

E.  C.  TUBBS,  Vice-President  WM.  J.  FICKINGER,  Asst.  Cashier 

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What  Business  Men  Did 

Commercial  Clubs  Were  Leaders 


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HE  commercial  organizations  of  the  state  were  tireless  in  their 
efforts  during  the  campaign.     The  Illinois  Bankers  Association, 
the  Chicago  Association  of  Commerce,  the  Illinois  Manufacturers 
Association,  the  Illinois  Retail  Clothiers  Association,  the  Illinois 
Hotel   Men's  Association   and   other   state  bodies   were  among 
the  most  active  in  soliciting  the  interest  of  their  own  members 
and  other  business  men,  as  well  as  their  clerks  and  other  employes.     The 
chambers  of  commerce  and  commercial  associations  of  practically  every  city 
in  the  state  were  influential  in  their  communities. 

The  Women's  Clubs 

The  Illinois  Federation  of  Women's  Clubs  was  a  pioneer  among  the  good 
roads  organizations  of  Illinois.  When  the  campaign  started  in  1912,  Mrs.  Fred 
W.  Blocki  of  Chicago  was  chairman  of  the  conservation  department  of  the  fed- 
eration, under  which  the  good  roads  committee  was  grouped.  Through  her 
efforts  the  association  became  a  vital  force  in  the  movement.  Mrs.  H.  M.  Dun- 
lap  of  Savoy  gave  a  great  deal  of  her  time  to  the  work,  being  in  demand  as  a 
speaker.  Various  individual  women's  clubs  of  the  state  indorsed  the  bond  issue 
after  it  had  received  the  approval  of  the  state  association  at  its  annual  conven- 
tion, and  their  members  were  active  in  soliciting  votes.  Under  the  constitution 
the  women  voters  of  the  state  could  not  vote  on  the  proposition  in  the  election, 
but  the  women  proved  to  be  among  the  most  effective  campaigners. 

The  "Movies" 

Moving  picture  theater  men  of  the  state  threw  open  their  houses  to  the  good 
roads  film  entitled :  "Thru  Illinois :  Over  Unchanged  Roads  in  a  World  of 
Change." 

This  film  was  booked  through  the  Chicago  office  of  the  association  and  was 
in  greater  demand  than  the  supply  until  the  influenza  epidemic  closed  the  thea- 
ters. The  theater  owners  and  their  machine  operators  are  entitled  to  credit 
for  their  cooperation. 

Miscellaneous  Organizations 

The  Illinois  State  Medical  Society  and  the  Chicago  Medical  Society,  the 
Illinois  Bar  Association,  the  Illinois  Gas  Association,  ministers'  associations  of 
various  denominations  and  other  miscellaneous  organizations  indorsed  the  bond 
issue  and  assisted  in  its  approval  at  the  polls. 


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lie  farmer  of  iodaX?  proudly 
beacLes  his  son  -xtfha'b  nis 

lather 
4:o  TISG  a  John  Deere  Plo^. 


JOHN 


Moline,    Illinois 


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iiiiMiiiiiiiiimiiiiimiiiiHMiMMmiimiiimiiMniiiMiiiiMMiiMiiiimiiimiiiMiMmiiiiiiiiiiiMmiiiiiiimiMiiMiMiiiu 

Where  the  Majority  Came  From 

Vote  on  State  Wide  System  of  Hard  Roads 


Counties 


Adams    . . . 
Alexander 

Bond    

Boone 
Brown    . . . 
Bureau    . 


Highest  • 

legislative 

vote 

8,348 


2,707 
2,280 
1,161 
6,553 


Yes 
6,805 

3,122 

2,046 

1,814 

926 
4,408 


No 

2,151 
72 

383 
470 

559 
874 


Calhoun    1,254  958  153 

Carroll    2,665  2,245  258 

Cass    3,375  2,322  375 

Champaign    8,428  6,542  1,513 

Christian    6,053  4,307  1,491 

Clark    4,751  3,300  746 

Clay    3,429  2,001  454 

Clinton    3,472  2,091  465 

Coles   6,474  4,967  1,206 

Cook   (see  below) 

Crawford    4,588  3,871  664 

Cumberland    2,805  2,081  459 

DeKalb     4,73O  4,243  472 

DeWitt    3,829  1,587  1,327 

Douglas    3,251  2,716  445 

DuPage    5,810  5,048  355 

Edgar    6,01 1  4,628  778 

Edwards    1,922  1,551  238 

Effiingham   3,347  i,938  694 

Fayette    4,586  3,322  1,078 

Ford    2,694  2,099  262 

Franklin     6,n6  4,642  1,003 

Fulton    7,837  5,619  1,212 

Gallatin    2,045  1,927  131 

Greene    3,461  2,332  647 

Grundy   2,834  2,513  242 

Hamilton    3,081  1,492  627 

Hancock    5,744  3,97°  i,77o 

Hardin    .- 1,288  916  158 

Henderson  1,749  T>°46  451 

Henry    7,009  5,605  946 

Iroquois    5,231  4,224  1,007 

Jackson    6,210  3,730  641 

Jasper   3,258  1,661  1,017 

Jefferson    5,352  2,981  963 

Jersey    2,196  1,856  208 

Jo    Daviess 4,122  3,3Oi  584 

Johnson    2,173  M7O  260 

Kane   13,694  10,482  1,375 

Kankakee    5,467  5,348  554 

Kendall    1,698  1,532  90 

Knox   7,251  4,853  1,278 

Lake    7,ooo  6,568  587 

La   Salle 15,878  n,454  1,070 

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692^ 
674 

345^ 


Majority 

Constitutional          on 
majority       proposition 

2,631  4,654 

3,050 

1,663 
1,344 
367 
3,624 

805 
i,987 
1,947 
5,029 
2,816 
2,554 
i,547 
2,526 
3,76i 


331 
OI3J4 

634^ 

2,328 

1,280^ 
924^ 
286^ 

1,255 

1,730 


i,577 
678^ 

1,878 

*  327^ 

I.OOO1/' 

2,143 
1,62214 

590 
264^ 

1,029 

752 
1,584 
1,700^2 

904T/> 


1,096 


i,  008 
272 
171 

2,100^ 
1,  608^ 

625 

32 

305 

758 

I,24O 

383^ 

3,635 


683 


3,068 

3,515 


3,207 
1,622 

3,771 
260 
2,271 
4,693 
3,850 
i,3i3 
1,244 

2,244 
i,837 
3,639 
4,407 

1,796 
1,685 
2,271 

865 

2,200 

758 

595 

4,659 

3,217 

3,089 
644 
2,018 
i,558 
2,717 
1,210 

9,107 

4,794 
1,442 

3,575 

5,98i 
10,384 


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Counties 


ILLINOIS  HIGHWAY  IMPROVEMENT  BLUEBOOK 

Highest  Majority 

legislative  Yes  No         Constitutional          on 

vote  majority       proposition 

Lawrence   ..............  3,727  3,449  358  1,585^  3,091 

Lee    ...................  4,857  4,063  558  1,634^  3,505 

Livingston   .............  6,473  4,772  949  1,5351^  3,823 

Logan   .................  4,893  3,036  1,065  589^2  1,971 

Macon    ................  9,480   .  6,221  2,389  1,481  3,382 

Macoupin    .............  6,664  5,274  1,379  i,942  3,895 

Madison    ...............  14,822  12,152  1,408  4,741  10,744 

Mar'™,  ................  5,857  4J59  1,396  1,230^  2,763 

Marshall    ..............  •  3,047  2,453  357  929  2,096 

Mason   .................  3,013  2,319  316  812^  2,003 

Massac   ...  .............  1,947  1,234  277  260^  957 

McDonough    ...........  5,208  3,484  1,316  835  2,168 

McHenry     .............  5,299  4,630  317  1,080^  4,313 

McLean    ...............  10,066  7,462  2,322  2,429  5,140 

Menard    ...............  2,374  1,762  349  575  1,413 

Mercer    ................  4,009  2,461  686  456^  1,775 

Monroe    ...............  2,458  1,760  293  531  1,467 

Montgomery   ...........  6,570  4,679  1,017  1,394  3,662 

Morgan    ...............  6,357  3,644  1,788  465  J/2  1,856 

Moultrie     ..............  2,620  1,808  663  408           .        1,145 

Ogle  ...................  5,066  4,397  449  1,864  3,948 

Peoria  .................  16,355  12,644  2,572  4,466^  10,072 

Perry    .................  4,224  2,512  626  400  1,886 

P'att    ..................  2,716  1,697  757  339  940 

Pike  ...................  4,895  3,207  1,093  759I/2  2,114 

Pope    ..................  1,579  1,176  229  386^  947 

Pulaski  ................  2,285  i,598  176  455^  1,422 

Putnam     ...............  1,076  692  123  154  569 

Randolph  ..............  5,144  3,159  780  587  2,479 

Richland   ...............  2,971  1,966  856  480^  1,110 

Rock   Island  ............  12,218  11,176  928  5,067  10,148 

Saline    .................  5,519  4,237  744  1,477^  3,493 

Sangamon    .............  17,632  13,266  '    3,077  4,450  10,189 

Schuyler   ...............  2,655  1,832  708  504^  1,124 

Scott   ..................  2,008  1,381  409  377  972 

Shelby    ................  4,639  3,179  1,415  859T/2  1,764 

Stark  ..................  1,806  1,126  519  223  607 

St.   Clair  ................  19,409  13,415  2,035  3,7*0^  11,380 

Stephenson    ............  6,109  4,696  1,394  1,596^2  3,302 

Tazewell  ...............  6,082  4,541  1,153  I,50O  3,388 

Union    .................  2,955  2,297  352  8i9r/2  1,945 

Vermilion  ..............  12,772  9,723  1,788  3,337  7,935 

Wabash    ...............  2,560  1,852  220  572  1,632 

Warren    ................  4,482  3,337  921  1,096  2,416 

Washington   ............  3,231  2,383  412  7675^  1,971 

Wayne    ......  .*  ......  ...  4,221  2,289  i,i73  178^2  1,116 

White    .................  4,023  3,331  401  ^,3^/2  2,930 

Whiteside    .............  5,504  4,989  423  2,237  4,566 

Will  ...................  12,824  10,860  1,197  4,448  9,663 

Williamson    ............  7,342  5,125  913  1,454  4,212 

Winnebago    ............  9,817  7,535  758  2,626^  6,777 

Woodf  ord    .............  3,137  _  2,158  _  878  _  589^  _  1,280 

Total    ................  535,805  400,048  83,535  i32,i45I/2  316,513 

Cook   County  ...........  363,016  _  261,767  _  70.861  _  80,259  _  190,906 

Grand   total  .........  898,821  661,815  154,396  212,404^  507,419 

*  Defeated  by  vote  shown. 


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Alston  £r  Company 

Investment  Securities 

39  South  La  Salle  St. 
Chicago 

Telephone  'Randolph  6980 


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nicipal Bonds  and  specialise,  particular- 
ly in  County  Road  Bonds. 

We  desire  to  offer  our  services 

to  counties  contemplating  the  issuance 
of  such  bonds  and  County  Officials  are 
invited  to  confer  with  us. 

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The  Text  of  the  Law 


State- Wide  System  of  Hard  Roads 


AN  ACT  in  relation  to  the  construction  by 
the  State  of  Illinois  of  a  State-wide  sys- 
tem of  durable  hard-surfaced  roads  upon 
public  highways  of  the  State  and  the 
provision  of  means  for  the  payment  of 
the  cost  thereof  by  an  issue  of  bonds  of 
the  State  of  Illinois. 

SECTION  i.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  People 
of  the  State  of  Illinois,  represented  in  the 
General  Assembly:  That  a  State-wide  sys- 
tem of  durable  hard-surfaced  roads  be  con- 
structed by  the  State  of  Illinois,  as  soon  as 
practicable,  upon  public  highways  of  the 
State  along  the  hereinafter  described 
routes,  as  near  as  may  be,  and  that  the 
State  of  Illinois  (acting  through  its  offi- 
cers) be,  and  is  hereby,  authorized  and 
empowered  to  issue  and  sell,  and  provide 
for  the  retirement  of,  bonds  of  the  State 
of  Illinois  to  the  amount  of  Sixty  Million 
Dollars  ($60,000,000.00)  for  the  purpose  of 
providing  means  for  the  payment  of  the 
cost  of  the  construction  of  said  system  of 
roads  :  Provided,  however,  that  before  this 
law,  which  hereby  authorizes  such  debt  to 
be  contracted  and  levies  the  tax  for  the 
payment  of  the  principal  and  interest  of 
the  bonds  to  be  issued  as  an  evidence  of 
such  debt,  shall  go  into  full  force  and  effect 
it  shall,  at  the  general  election  in  Novem- 
ber, A.  D.  1918,  be  submitted  to  the  people 
and  receive  a  majority  of  the  votes  cast 
for  members  of  the  General  Assembly  as 
such  election. 

§  2.  That  the  issuance,  sale  and  retire- 
ment of  said  bonds  and  the  construction  of 
said  State-wide  system  of  roads  and  all 
work  incidental  thereto  shall  be  under  the 
general  supervision  and  control  of  the  De- 
partment of  Public  Works  and  Buildings, 
subject  to  the  approval  of  the  Governor 
of  this  State ;  and  said  Department  of  Pub- 
lic Works  and  Buildings  is  hereby  author- 
ized, empowered  and  directed  to  take  what- 
ever steps  may  be  necessary  to  cause  said 
bonds  to  be  issued  and  sold  and  to  cause 
said  system  of  roads  to  be  constructed  at 
the  earliest  possible  time,  consistent  with 
good  business  management,  after  this  Act 
becomes  fully  operative.  Said  Department 
of  Public  Works  and  Buildings  shall  have 
power  to  make  and  shall  make  all  final 
decisions,  affecting  the  work  provided  for 
in  this  section,  and  all  the  rules  and  regula- 


A  MODEL  DITCH 

This  illustration  is  from  a  model  township  highway 
commissioner's  report  made  by  Commissioner 
H.  H.  Sherer,  of  Glencoe,  New  Trier  Township. 

tions  it  may  deem  necessary  for  the  proper 
management  and  conduct  of  said  work  and 
for  carrying  out  all  of  the  provisions  of 
this  Act  in  such  manner  as  shall  be  to  the 
best  interest  and  advantage  of  the  people 
of  this  State.  The  Director  of  Public 
Works  and  Buildings  shall  make  it  the  spe- 
cial duty  of  the  Superintendent  of  High- 
ways, acting  under  the  direction,  supervi- 
sion and  control  of  said  director,  to  see 
that  such  provisions  are  so  carried  out  in 
good  faith.  Said  Department  of  Public 
Works  and  Buildings  is  hereby  given  power 
and  authority  to  purchase  and  supply  any 
labor,  tools,  machinery,  supplies  and  mate- 
rials needed  for  said  work.  All  contracts 


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Supreme  in  Responsibility 


agencies  of  the  American  Surety 
Company  of  New  York  are  prepared 
to  furnish  promptly,  accurately  and 
without  unnecessary  detail  bonds  as  follows: 

Public  Officials— Federal,  State,  County,  Municipal, Township. 
Proposals  and  Contracts  for  Construction  Work  or  Supplies. 

Officers  and  Employes  of  Mercantile,  Manufacturing  and 
Financial  Companies,  Fraternal  Organizations,  etc. 

Administrators,  Executors,  Guardians,  Assignees,  Receivers, 
Trustees,  etc. 

Appeal,  Injunction,  Attachment,  Replevin,  Security  for  Costs,  etc. 

Bank  Depository  Bonds. 

License  Bonds — Plumbers,  Sewer  Tappers,  Cigar  Makers,  etc. 

Lost  Securities — Checks,  Drafts,  Notes,  Certificates  of  Deposit, 
Life  Insurance  Policies,  etc. 

Notaries  Public. 

Burglary — Protecting  Pay  Rolls,  Moneys  between  Bank,  Office, 
Store,  Factory  or  points  of  distribution,  Policies  furnished  on 
Safes,  Banks,  Residence,  etc. 

Foreign  Department— We  have  facilities  for  the  execution 
of  bonds  anywhere  in  the  World.  Inquiries  and  demands 
promptly  responded  to. 

Branch  Office— 

American  Surety  Company  of  New  York 

208  South  La  Salle  Street 

Chicago 


Unsurpassed  in  Service 


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let  for  the  construction  of  said  work  shall 
be  let  to  the  lowest  responsible  bidder,  or 
bidders,  and  all  of  said  State  bonds  shall 
be  sold  to  the  highest  and  best  bidder,  or 
bidders,  by  said  Department  of  Public 
Works  and  Buildings,  on  such  terms  and 
conditions,  and  on  open  competitive  bid- 
ding after  public  advertisement  in  such 
manner  and  for  such  times,  as  may  be  pre- 
scribed by  said  Department  of  'Public 
Works  and  Buildings,  subject  to  the  ap- 
proval of  the  Department  of  Finance.  Suc- 
cessful bidders  for  the  construction  of  said 
work  shall  enter  into  contracts  furnished 
and  prescribed  by  said  Department  of  Pub- 
lic Works  anci  Buildings  and  shall  give 
good  and  sufficient  bonds  to  insure  the 
proper  and  prompt  completion  of  said  work 
in  strict  accordance  with  the  provisions 
of  said  contracts. 

§  3.  That  for  the  purpose  of  carrying  out 
the  provisions  of  this  Act  said  sum  of 
Sixty  Million  Dollars  ($60,000,000.00)  to 
be  derived  from  the  sale  of  said  bonds,  be, 
and  is  hereby,  appropriated  to  said  De- 
partment of  Public  Works  and  Buildings, 
such  money  to  be  payable  out  of  the  State 
Bond  Road  Fund,  hereinafter  provided 
for;  that  for  the  purpose  of  raising  said 
sum  so  appropriated  to  carry  out  the  pro- 
visions of  this  Act,  said  bonds  of  the  State 
of  Illinois  to  an  amount  not  exceeding  said 
sum  of  Sixty  Million  Dollars  ($60,000,- 
ooo.oo)  shall  be  issued  and  sold  as  herein 
provided ;  that  said  bonds  shall  bear  inter- 
est, payable  annually,  from  the  date  of 
their  issue,  at  the  rate  of  three  and  one- 
half  per  centum  per  annum,  unless  financial 
conditions  make  a  d'fferent  rate  advisable, 
in  which  case  said  Department  of  Public 
Works  and  Buildings  may,  with  the  Gover- 
nor's approval,  issue  part  or  all  of  said 
bonds  at  any  other  rate  of  interest  not  ex- 
ceeding four  per  centum  per  annum  ;  that 
said  bonds  shall  be  serial  bonds  and  be 
dated,  issued  and  sold  from  time  to  time  as 
said  road  building  work  progresses  and  in 
such  amounts  as  may  be  necessary  to  pro- 
vide sufficient  money  to  pay  for  said  work 
and  the  expenses  incidental  thereto ;  and 
that  each  one  of  said  bonds  shall  be  made 
payable  within  twenty  years  from  the  date 
of  its  issue.  Each  one  of  said  bonds  shall 
be  in  the  denomination  of  $500.00,  or  some 
multiple  thereof.  Said  bonds  shall  be  en- 
graved and  printed  by  said  Department  of 
Public 'Works  and  Buildings,  under  the  di- 
rection of  the  Governor,  and  be  signed  by 
the  Governor  and  attested  by  the  Secretary 
of  State  under  the  seal  of  the  State  and 
countersigned  by  the  State  Treasurer  and 
by  the  Auditor  of  Public  Accounts.  Inter- 
est coupons  with  lithographed  fac-simile 
signatures  of  such  officers,  may  be  attached 
to  said  bonds.  Said  bonds  may.  at  the  re- 
quest of  owners,  be  registered  with  the 


Auditor  of  Public  Accounts.  Said  bonds 
shall  be  deposited,  until  sold,  with  the  State 
Treasurer;  and  when  sold,  the  proceeds  of 
said  bonds  shall  be  paid  into  the  State 
Treasury  and  be  kept  in  a  separate  fund 
which  shall  be  known  as  the  State  Bond 
Road  Fund. 

§  4.  That  all  payments  for  work  done  or 
obligations  incurred  under  the  provisions 
of  this  Act  shall  be  made  by  the  State 
Treasurer  out  of  said  State  Bond  Road 
Fund  (and  said  fund  shall  be  used  only 
for  the  purposes  mentioned  in  this  Act) 
upon  warrants  drawn  by  the  Auditor  of 
Public  Accounts,  based  upon  bills  of  par- 
ticulars and  vouchers  certified  by  the 
proper  official  of  said  Department  of  Pub- 
lic Works  and  Buildings,  having  knowledge 
of  the  facts  upon  which  such  vouchers  are 
based,  and  audited  and  approved  by  the 
Superintendent  of  Highways  and  the  Di- 
rector of  Public  Works  and  Buildings,  and 
approved  by  the  Governor,  acting  through 
the  Department  of  Finance. 

§  5.  That  said  Department  of  Public 
Works  and  Buildings  shall,  on  or  before 
the  ist  day  of  February  each  year,  make 
a  full  report  to  the  Governor  of  all  busi- 
ness transacted  by  said  department  in  car- 
rying out  the  provisions  of  this  Act,  dur- 
ing the  year  ending  on  the  preceding  3ist 
day  of  December.  The  Governor  may 
cause  the  books  and  affairs  of  said  depart- 
ment, relating  to  the  work  provided  for 
herein,  to  be  audited  in  each  year. 

§  6.  That  each  year,  after  this  Act  be- 
comes fully  operative,  and  until  all  of  said 
bonds  shall  have  been  retired,  there  shall 
be  included  in  and  added  to  the  tax  levied 
for  State  purposes,  a  direct  annual  tax 
for  such  amount  as  shall  be  necessary  and 
sufficient  to  pay  the  interest  annually,  as 
it  shall  accrue,  on  each  and  every  bond 
issued  under  the  provisions  of  this  Act,  and 
also  to  pay  and  discharge  the  principal  of 
such  bonds  at  par  value,  as  such  bonds 
respectively  fall  due ;  and  the  respective 
amounts  of  such  direct  annual  tax  are 
hereby  appropriated  for  that  specific  pur- 
pose: Provided,  however,  that  moneys  in 
the  "Road  Fund"  created  by  and  under  the 
provisions  of  the  Motor  Vehicle  Law  of 
this  State,  approved  June  10,  1911,  and  all 
Acts  amendatory  thereof,  shall  first  be  ap- 
propriated and  used  for  the  purpose  of  pay- 
ing and  discharging  annually  the  principal 
and  interest  en  such  bonded  indebtedness 
then  due  and  payable.  The  required  rate 
of  such  direct  annual  tax  shall  be  fixed  each 
year  by  the  officers  charged  by  law  with 
fixing  the  rate  for  State  taxes  on  the  valua- 
tion of  real  and  personal  property  in  this 
State  subject  to  taxation,  in  accordance 
with  the  provisions  of  the  statutes  in  such 
case :  Provided,  horvevcr,  that  if  money 
from  other  sources  of  revenue  has  been 


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appropriated  and  set  apart  for  the  same 
purpose  for  which  said  direct  annual  tax  is 
hereby  levied  and  imposed,  then  said  offi- 
cers shall,  in  fixing  said  rate  of  said  direct 
annual  tax,  make  proper  allowance  and  re- 
duction for  any  such  money  so  appropriated 
and  set  apart  from  other  sources  of  rev- 
enue. Said  direct  annual  tax  shall  be,  and 
it  is  hereby,  levied  and  imposed,  as.  herein 
provided,  and  such  direct  annual  tax  shall 
be  assessed,  levied  and  collected  in  the 
manner  prescribed  by  law  in  the  case  of 
general  State  taxes,  and  shall  be  paid  into 
the  treasury  of  the  State  by  the  officers 
legally  entrusted  with  the  duty  of  collecting 
and  accounting  for  such  general  State 
taxes :  Provided,  however,  that  no  such  di- 
rect annual  tax  shall  be  so  levied  for  any 
year  in  which  a  sufficient  amount  of  money 
from  other  sources  of  revenue  has  been 
appropriated  and  set  apart  to  pay  the  inter- 
est, as  it  shall  accrue,  on  said  bonds  for 
that  year  and  also  to  pay  and  discharge  the 
principal  of  any  of  said  bonds  falling  due 
during  such  year. 

§  7.  That  said  proposed  state-wide  system 
of  roads  shall  be  constructed  in  strict  ac- 
cordance with  the  plans,  specifications,  esti- 
mates of  cost  and  contracts  of  said  De- 
partment of  Public  Works  and  Buildings. 
Said  Department  of  Public  Works  and 
Buildings  shall  construct  upon  and  along 
said  roads  durable  hard-surfaced  roadways 
which  will  in  the  judgment  of  said  Depart- 
ment of  Public  Works  and  Buildings  and 
its  chief  highway  engineer  remain  in  good 
condition,  with  low  reasonable  maintenance 
cost,  until  after  all  of  said  State  bonds  have 
matured.  Said  hard-surfaced  parts  of  said 
roads  shall  be  constructed  of  sufficient 
widths  to  meet  the  requirements  of  the 
reasonably  expected  traffic  thereon,  such 
widths,  except  in  extreme  cases,  to  be  not 
less  than  ten  feet  nor  more  than  eighteen 
feet.  Provided,  that  where  the  contour  of 
the  surface  permits  and  is  practicable  that 
in  making  fills,  excavations  and  gradings 
for  and  in  construction  of  such  hard-sur- 
faced roads,  the  surface  of  the  earth  along- 
side shall  be  so  left  that  vehicles  may  drive 
over  same  and  such  surface  shall  be  of  such 
grade  that  vehicles  can  turn  on  or  off  such 
hard-surfaced  roads  with  safety  and  con- 
venience. The  old  bridges  which  form 
parts  of  the  present  roads,  shall,  wherever 
such  bridges  are  in  proper  condition,  be 
used  'in  said  proposed  system.  Said  Depart- 
ment of  Public  Works  and  Buildings  shall 
immediately  after  this  Act  has  been  ap- 
proved by  the  people  and  before  entering 
into  contracts  for  the  construction  of  said 
roads,  cause  to  be  made  reconnaissance 
surveys  and  maps,  plans  and  specifications 
of  said  roads,  together  with  approximate 
estimates  of  the  cost  of  constructing  said 
roads. 


§  8.  That  said  Department  of  Public 
Works  and  Buildings  shall  divide  said 
roads  into  convenient  sections  for  construc- 
tion purposes,  and  shall  make  all  reason- 
able efforts  to  have  the  entire  State-wide 
system  of  roads  completed  within  five 
years  after  the  first  construction  contracts 
therefor  are  awarded.  The  construction 


CLIFFORD  S.  OLDER 

Mr.  Older  has  been  Chief  Highway  Engineer 
of  Illinois  since  Nov.  1,  1917.  He  graduated 
from  the  University  of  Wisconsin  Engineering 
School  in  1900  and  took  up  railroad  bridge 
and  tunnel  engineering.  From  1902  to  1906 
he  was  assistant  engineer  of  the  Chicago  & 
Alton  Railroad,  in  charge  of  maintenance  and 
construction  on  the  western  division  of  that 
line.  He  entered  the  Illinois  State  Highway 
Department  in  1906  and  was  chief  bridge 
engineer  when  he  was  appointed  by  Gov. 
Lowden  to  his  present  place. 

work  shall,  so  far  as  practically  possible, 
be  commenced  in  the  different  sections  of 
the  State  at  approximately  the  same  time 
and  be  carried  on  continuously  until  all 
work  is  completed. 

§  g.  That  the  general  location  of  the 
routes  upon  and  along  which  said  proposed 
jroads  are  to  be  constructed  shall  be  sub- 
stantially as  described  in  this  section,  so 
as  to  connect,  with  each  other,  the  different 
communities  and  the  principal  cities  of  the 
State :  Provided,  however,  that  said  De- 
partment of  Public  Works  and  Buildings 
shall  have  the  right  to  make  such  minor 
changes  in  the  location  of  said  routes  as 
may  become  necessary  in  order  to  carry  out 
the  provisions  of  this  Act;  and,  provided, 
also,  that  said  Department  of  Public  Works 
and  Buildings  shall  not  improve  hereunder, 
any  road  or  part  thereof  which  lies  within 


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any  incorporated  city,  town  or  village  in 
which  the  building  of  State  aid  roads  may 
be  prohibited  by  the  Act  of  this  State  en- 
titled, "An  Act  to  revise  the  law  in  relation 
to  roads  and  bridges,"  approved  June  27, 
1913,  and  the  amendments  thereto : 

ROUTE  No.   i 

Beginning  in  a  public  highway  "at  the 
southern  limits  of  the  city  of  Chicago  and 
running  along  such  highway  in  a  general 
southerly  direction  to  Metropolis,  affording 
Chicago,  Chicago  Heights,  Watseka,  Dan- 
ville, Paris,  Marshall,  Robinson,  Lawrence- 
ville,  Mt.  Carmel,  Albion,  Grayville,  Carmi, 
Harrisburg,  Vienna,  Metropolis  and  the  in- 
tervening communities  reasonable  connec- 
tions with  each  other. 

ROUTE  No  2. 

Beginning  in  a  public  highway  near  Be- 
loit,  Wisconsin,  and  running  along  such 
highway  in  a  general  southerly  direction 
to  Cairo,  affording  Rockford,  Oregon,  Dix- 
on,  Mendota,  Peru,  LaSalle,  El  Paso, 
Bloomington,  Clinton,  Decatur,  Pana,  Van- 
dalia,  Centralia,  DuQuoin,  Carbondale, 
Anna,  Cairo  and  the  intervening  communi- 
ties reasonable  connections  with  each 
other. 

ROUTE  No.  3. 

_  Beginning  in  a  public  highway  at  Mor- 
rison and  running  along  such  highway  in 
a  general  southerly  direction  to  Chester, 
affording  Morrison,  Prophetstown,  Moline, 
Rock  Island,  Aledo,  Monmouth,  Macomb, 
Rushville,  Beardstown,  Virginia,  Ashland, 
Alexander,  (running  over  Route  No.  10 
between  Alexander  and  Jacksonville),  Jack- 
sonville, White  Hall,  Carrollton,  Jersey- 
ville,  Alton,  East  St.  Louis,  Waterloo, 
Chester  and  the  intervening  communities 
reasonable  connections  with  each  other. 

ROUTE  No.  4. 

Beginning  at  the  intersection  of  48th  and 
Ogden  Avenues  in  the  Town  of  Cicero, 
Cook  County,  and  running  in  a  general 
southwesterly  direction  to  East  St.  Louis, 
affording  Chicago,  Cicero,  Berwyn,  River- 
side, Lyons,  joliet,  Dwight,  Pontiac, 
Bloomington,  Lincoln,  Elkhart,  Williams- 
ville,  Springfield,  Carlinville,  Edwardsville, 
Granite  City,  East  St.  Louis  and  the  inter- 
vening- communities  reasonable  connections 
with  each  other. 

ROUTE  No.  5. 

Beginning  in  a  public  highway  at  the 
northwesterly  limits  of  the  city  of  Chicago 
and  running  along  such  highway  in  a  gen- 
eral northwesterly  direction  to  East  Du- 
buque,  affording  Chicago,  Elgin,  Marengo, 
Rockford,  Freeport,  Galena,  East  Dubuque 


and    the    intervening   communities    reason- 
able connections  with  each  other. 

ROUTE  No.  6. 

Beginning  in  a  public  highway  at  the 
westerly  limits  of  the  city  of  Chicago  and 
running  along  such  highway  in  a  general 
westerly  direction  to  Fulton,  affording  Chi- 
cago, Wheaton,  Geneva,  Elburn,  DeKalb, 
Rochelle,  Dixon,  Sterling,  Morrison,  Ful- 
ton and  the  intervening  communities  rea- 
sonable connections  with  each  other. 

ROUTE  No.  7. 

Beginning  in  a  public  highway  at  Joliet 
and  running  along  such  highway  in  a  west- 
erly direction  to  East  Moline,  affording 
Joliet,  Morris,  Ottawa,  LaSalle,  Peru,  De- 
Pue,  Princeton,  Geneseo,  East  Moline  and 
the  intervening  communities  reasonable 
connections  with  each  other. 

ROUTE  No.  8. 

Beginning  in  a  public  highway  at  the 
Indiana  State  line  east  of  Sheldon  and  run- 
nnig  along  such  highway  in  a  general  west- 
erly direction  to  the  Alississippi  River  op- 
posite Burlington,  Iowa,  affording  Watseka, 
Chenoa,  El  Paso,  Eureka,  Peoria,  Farm- 
ington,  Elmwood,  Yates  City,  Galesburg, 
Monmouth,  and  the  intervening  communi- 
ties reasonable  connections  with  each 
other. 

ROUTE  No.  9. 

Beginning  in  a  public  highway  at  the  In- 
diana State  line  east  of  Hoopeston,  and 
running  along  such  highway  in  a  general 
westerly  direction  to  Route  No.  24,  on  the 
east  side  of  the  Illinois  River  between 
Pekin  and  East  Peoria,  thence  over  Route 
No.  24,  to  Peoria,  and  thence  in  a  westerly 
direction  to  Hamilton,  affording  Hoopes- 
ton, Paxton,  Bloomington,  Carlock,  Good- 
field,  Deer  Creek,  Morton,  Peoria,  Canton, 
Prairie  City,  Bushnell,  Macomb,  Carthage, 
Hamilton,  and  the  intervening  communities 
reasonable  connections  with  each  other. 

ROUTE  No.  10. 

Beginning  in  a  public  highway  at  the  In- 
diana state  line  east  of  Danville  and  run- 
ning along  such  highway  in  a  general  west- 
erly direction  to  Jacksonville,  affording 
Danville,  Urbana,  Champaign,  Monticello, 
Bement,  Decatur,  Springfield,  Jacksonville 
and  the  intervening  communities  reason- 
able connections  with  each  other. 

ROUTE  No.  IL. 

Beginning  in  a  public  highway  at  the  In- 
diana state  line  east  of  Marshall  and  run- 
ning along  such  highway  in  a  general 
southwesterly  direction  to  East  St.  Louis, 


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affording  Marshall,  Greenup,  Effingham, 
Vandalia,  Greenville,  Baden  Baden,  High- 
land, East  St.  Louis  and  the  intervening 
communities  reasonable  connections  with 
each  other. 

ROUTE  No.  12. 

Beginning  in  a  public  highway  at  the  In- 
diana state  line  east  of  Lawrenceville  and 
running  along  such  highway  in  a  general 
westerly  direction  to  East  St.  Louis,  afford- 
ing Lawrenceville,  Olney,  Flora,  Salem, 
Carlyle,  Lebanon,  East  St.  Louis  and  the 
intervening  communities  reasonable  con- 
nections with  each  other. 

ROUTE  No.  13. 

Beginning  in  a  public  highway  at  Shaw- 
neetown  and  running  along  such  highway 
in  a  general  westerly  direction  to  Murphys- 
boro,  thence  in  a  northwesterly  direction  to 
East  St.  Louis,  affording  Shawneetown, 
Harrisburg,  Marion,  Carbondale,  Murphys- 
boro,  Pinckneyville,  Sparta,  Belleville,  East 
St.  Louis  and  the  intervening  communities 
reasonable  connections  with  each  other. 

ROUTE  No.  14. 

Beginning  in  a  public  highway  at  Carmi 
and  running  along  such  highway  in  a  gen- 
eral westerly  direction  to  Duquoin,  afford- 
ing Carmi,  McLeansboro,  Benton,  Christo- 
pher, Duquoin  and  the  intervening  com- 
munities reasonable  connections  with  each 
other. 

ROUTE  No.  15. 

Beginning  in  a  public  highway  at  Albion 
and  running  along  such  highway  in  a  gen- 
eral westerly  direction  to  Belleville,  afford- 
ing Albion,  Fairfield,  Mt.  Vernon,  Ashley, 
Nashville,  Okawville,  Belleville  and  the  in- 
tervening communities  reasonable  connec- 
tions with  each  other. 

ROUTE  No.  16. 

Beginning  in  a  public  highway  at  Paris 
and  running  along  such  highway  in  a  gen- 
eral southwesterly  direction  to  Route  4, 
at  or  near  Staunton,  affording  Paris, 
Charleston,  Mattoon,  Shelbyville,  Pana, 
Hillsboro,  Litchfield,  Mount  Olive,  Staun- 
ton and  the  intervening  communities  rea- 
sonable connections  with  each  other. 

ROUTE  No.  17. 

Beginning  in  a  public  highway  at  the  In- 
diana state  line  east  of  Grant  Park  and 
running  along  such  highway  in  a  general 
westerly  direction  to  Lacon,  affording 
Grant  Park,  Momence,  Kankakee,  Dwight, 
Streator,  Eagle  Church  Corners,  Garfield, 
Wenona,  Custer,  Varna,  and  Lacon  and 


intervening  communities  reasonable  connec- 
tions with  each  other. 

ROUTE  No.  18. 

Beginning  in  a  public  highway  at  the 
western  limits  of  the  city  of  Chicago  and 
running  along  such  highway  in  a  south- 
westerly direction  to  Princeton,  affording 
Chicago,  Aurora,  Oswego,  Yorkville, 
Piano,  Sandwich,  Earlville,  Mendota, 
Princeton  and  the  intervening  communities 
reasonable  connections  with  each  other. 

ROUTE  No.  19. 

Beginning  in  a  public  highway  at  the 
westerly  limits  of  the  city  of  Chicago  and 
running  along  such  highway  in  a  general 
northwesterly  direction  to  Harvard,  afford- 
ing Chicago,  Barrington,  Woodstock, 
Harvard,  and  the  intervening  communities 
reasonable  connections  with  each  other. 

ROUTE  No.  20. 

Beginning  in  a  public  highway  at  the 
west  limits  of  the  city  of  Waukegan  at 
the  end  of  Belvidere  Street  and  running 
along  such  highway  in  a  general  westerly 
direction  to  Woodstock,  affording  Wauke- 
gan, Grays  Lake,  McHenry  and  Woodstock 
and  intervening  communities  reasonable 
connections  with  each  other. 

ROUTE  No.  21. 

Beginning  in  a  public  highway  at  the 
northerly  limits  of  the  city  of  Chicago  and 
running  along  such  highway  in  a  general 
northwesterly  direction  to  the  Wisconsin 
state  line,  affording  Chicago,  Libertyville, 
Antioch  and  the  intervening  communities 
reasonable  connections  with  each  other. 

ROUTE  No.  22. 

Beginning  in  a  public  highway  at  the  In- 
diana state  line  east  of  Chicago  Heights 
and  running  along  such  highway  to  Lake 
Forest,  affording  Chicago  Heights,  Joliet, 
Aurora,  Geneva,  Elgin,  Dundee,  Carpenter- 
ville,  Barrington,  Lake  Forest  and  the  in- 
tervening communities  reasonable  connec- 
tions with  each  other. 

ROUTE  No.  23. 

Beginning  in  a  public  highway  at  the 
Wisconsin  state  line,  north  of  Harvard  and 
running  along  such  highway  in  a  general 
southerly  and  southwesterly  direction  to 
Streator,  affording  Harvard,  Marengo, 
Sycamore,  DeKalb,  Ottawa,  Streator  and 
the  intervening  communities  reasonable 
connections  with  each  other. 

ROUTE  No.  24. 

Beginning  in  a  public  highway  at  Peoria 
and  running  along  such  highway  in  a  gen- 


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to  Pana,  affording  Peoria,  Pekin,  Green 
Valley,  Mason  City,  Greenview,  Athens, 
Springfield,  Pana  and  the  intervening  com- 
munities reasonable  connections  with  each 
other. 

ROUTE  No.  25. 

Beginning  in  a  public  highway  at  Kanka- 
kee  and  running  along  such  highway  in  a 
general  southerly  direction  to  Fairfield,  af- 
fording Kankakee,  Gilman,  Paxton,  Cham- 
paign, Tuscola,  Mattoon,  Emngham,  Tqli- 
ver,  Louisville,  Flora,  Fairfield  and  the  in- 
tervening communities  reasonable  connec- 
tions with  each  other. 

ROUTE  No.  26. 

Beginning  in  a  public  highway  at  Free- 
port  and  running  along  such  highway  in  a 
general  southerly  direction  to  Dixon,  af- 
fording Freeport,  Polo,  Dixon  and  the  in- 
tervening communities  reasonable  connec- 
tions with  each  other. 

ROUTE  No.  27. 

Beginning  in  a  public  highway  at  Polo 
and  running  along  such  highway  in  a  gen- 
eral westerly  direction  to  Savanna,  afford- 
ing Polo,  Mt.  Carroll,  Savanna  and  the  in- 
tervening communities  reasonable  connec- 
tions with  each  other. 

ROUTE  No.  28. 

Beginning  in  a  public  highway  at  Gales- 
burg  and  running  along  such  highway  in  a 
general  northeasterly  direction  to  Sheffield, 
affording  Galesburg,  Kewanee,  Sheffield 
and  the  intervening  communities  reasonable 
connections  with  each  other. 

ROUTE  No.  29. 

Beginning  in  a  public  highway  at  Peoria 
and  running  in  a  northerly  direction 
to  DePue,  affording  Peoria,  Chillicothe, 
Henry,  DePue  and  the  intervening  com- 
munities reasonable  connections  with  each 
other. 

ROUTE  No.  30. 

Beginning  in  a  public  highway  at  Peoria 
and  running  in  a  northwesterly  direction 
to  Galva,  affording  Peoria,  Princeville, 
Wyoming,  Galva  and  the  intervening  com- 
munities reasonable  connections  with  each 
other. 

ROUTE  No.  31. 

Beginning  in  a  public  highway  at  Canton 
and  tunning  in  a  southwesterly  direction 
to  Quincy,  affording  Canton,  Lewistown, 
Rushville,  Mt.  Sterling,  Quincy  and  the  in- 
tervening communities  reasonable  connec- 
tions with  each  other. 


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FORE ELECTION. 

ROUTE  No.  32. 

Beginning  in  a  public  highway  at  Wind- 
sor and  running  in  a  northerly  direction  to 
Cerro  Gordo,  affording  Windsor,  Sullivan, 
Lovmgton,  Ulrich  Station,  Lake  City,  Cerro 
Gordo  and  the  intervening  communities 
reasonable  connections  with  each  other. 

ROUTE  No.  33. 

Beginning  in  a  public  highway  at  Effing- 
ham  and  running  to  Robinson,  affording 
Effingham,  Newton,  Robinson  and  the  in- 
tervening communities  reasonable  connec- 
tions with  each  other. 

ROUTE  No.  34. 

Beginning  in  a  public  highway  at  Harris- 
burg  and  running  through  Herod  and 
thence  along  the  most  practical  route  to  the 


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ILLINOIS  HIGHWAY  IMPROVEMENT  BLUEBOOK 


OFFICERS 

GEORGE    WOODRUFF President 

FREDERICK   W.   WOODRUFF. .  Vice  President 

HENRY   O.   WILLIAMS Vice  President 

ROBT.  A.  CAMERON Cashier 

HARRY  R.  DREW Assistant  Cashier 

F.  J.  SCHMEISSER Assistant  Cashier 

AUGUST  BELTZNER Trust  Officer 


Established  1857 

Nationalized  1864 


Assets 

Over  Ten  Million 
dollars 


DIRECTORS 

Robert  Pilcher 
James    Lyons 
R.  J.   Barr 
Geo.   W.   Bush 
J.    C.    Beattie 
Geo.  N.  Blatt 
Jas.  A.   Bray 
Alfred  J.    Stoos 
Fred    M.    Chamberlin 

John  H.   Savage 
W.    F.    Pitcher 
H.    B.   Bale 
George  Erb 
M.  W.  Gushing 

P.    E.    Holmstrom 
F.  W.  Woodruff 

George   Woodruff 


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The 


WILLIAM  J.BURNS 

International  Detective  Agency,  inc. 


Representing 

American  Bankers  Association 


Baltimore 

Cleveland 

Kansas  City 

Montreal 

Pittsburgh 

Salt  Lake  City 

Birmingham 

Dallas 

London 

New  Orleans 

Portland 

St.  Louis 

Boston 

Denver 

Los  Angeles 

New  York 

San  Francisco 

St.  Paul 

Brussels 

Detroit 

Memphis 

Paris 

Seattle 

Jacksonville 

Buffalo 

Houston 

Minneapolis 

Philadelphia 

Spokane 

Providence 

General  Detective  Work  of  the  Highest  Class 
OTIS  BUILDING  CHICAGO 


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road  leading  from  Elizabethtown  to  Gol- 
conda  with  branches  into  Elizabethtown 
and  Golconda,  giving  Elizabethtown  and 
Golconda  connection  with  each  other  and 
each  of  said  towns  connection  with  Har- 
risburg. 

ROUTE  No.  35. 

Beginning  in  a  public  highway  at  Route 
No.  2  north  of  Cairo  and  extending  in  an 
easterly  direction  to  Mound  City,  affording 
Mounds,  Mound  City  and  the  intervening 
communities  reasonable  connections  with 
each  other. 

ROUTE  No.  36. 

Beginning  in  a  public  highway  at  Car- 
thage and  running  in  a  southerly  and  east- 
erly direction  to  Jacksonville,  affording 
Carthage,  Bowen,  Ursa,  Quincy,  Payspn, 
Barry,  Pittsfield,  Winchester,  Jacksonville 
and  the  intervening  communities  reason- 
able connections  with  each  other. 

ROUTE  No.  37. 

Beginning  in  a  public  highway  at  Mt. 
Vernon  and  extending  in  a  southerly  direc- 
tion to  Marion,  affording  Mt.  Vernon, 
Benton,  Marion  and  the  intervening  com- 
munities reasonable  connections  with  each 
other. 

ROUTE  No.  38. 

Beginning  in  a  public  highway  at  Jersey- 
ville  and  running  along  such  highway  in 
a  westerly  direction  to  a  public  highway  on 
the  east  side  of  the  Illinois  River  opposite 
the  City  of  Hardin  and  then  beginning  at 
Hardin  and  running  in  a  northerly  direc- 
tion to  Kampsville,  affording  Jerseyville, 
Hardin,  Kampsville  and  the  intervening 
communities  reasonable  connections  with 
each  other. 

ROUTE  No.  39. 

Beginning  in  a  public  highway  at  Cham- 
paign and  running  in  a  northwesterly  direc- 
tion to  Bloomington,  affording  Champaign, 
Mahomet,  Mansfield,  Farmer  City,  Leroy, 
Bloomington  and  the  intervening  communi- 
ties reasonable  connections  with  each 
other. 

ROUTE  No.  40. 

Beginning  in  a  public  highway  on  the 
north  line  of  the  city  of  Sterling  and  run- 
ning in  a  northwesterly  direction  to  Mil- 
ledgeville,  thence  to  Chadwick,  thence 
north  to  connect  with  Route  No.  27,  and 
beginning  at  a  highway  on  the  north  line 
of  the  city  of  Mt.  Carroll  and  running 
north  to  Stockton. 

ROUTE  No.  41. 

Beginning  in  a  public  highway  at  Gales- 
burg,  and  connecting  with  Route  No.  8 
therein,  and  running  thence  in  a  southern 


direction  to  Abingdon,  thence  in  a  southern 
direction  to  Avon,  thence  in  a  southern 
direction,  connecting  with  Route  No.  9  at 
or  near  Prairie  City,  affording  Galesburg, 
Abingdon,  Avon,  Prairie  City  and  the  in- 
tervening communities  reasonable  connec- 
tions with  each  other. 

ROUTE  No.  42. 

Beginning  in  a  public  highway  at  the 
northern  limits  of  the  city  of  Chicago  and 
running  along  the  Sheridan  Road  in  a  gen- 
eral northerly  direction  to  the  Wisconsin 
State  line,  affording  Chicago,  Waukegan, 
Zion  City  and  the  intervening  communities 
reasonable  connections  with  each  other. 

ROUTE  No.  43. 

Beginning  in  a  public  highway  at  Havana 
and  running  in  an  easterly  direction  to 
Route  No.  24  at  Mason  City,  affording 
Havana,  Mason  City  and  the  intervening 
communities  reasonable  connections  with 
each  other. 

ROUTE  No.  43A. 

Beginning  in  a  public  highway  at  Peters- 
burg and  running  easterly  to  and  connect- 
ing with  Route  No.  24. 

ROUTE  No.  44. 

Beginning  in  a  public  highway  at  Joliet, 
and  running  to  Kankakee,  Illinois,  via 
Manhattan  and  Wilton  Center  so  as  to 
afford  the  intervening  communities  reason- 
able connections  with  each  other. 

ROUTE  No.  45. 

Beginning  in  a  public  highway  in  Route 
No.  17,  at  a  point  at  Garfield  and  running 
due  south  to  Dana. 

ROUTE  No.  46. 

Beginning  in  a  public  highway  at  the 
eastern  limits  of  Arlington  Heights,  thence 
running  in  a  southeasterly  direction  to  Oak- 
lawn,  affording  Arlington  Heights,  Mount 
Prospect,  Des  Plaines,  Franklin  Park, 
River  Grove,  Maywood,  Broadview,  La- 
Grange  Park,  LaGrange,  Lyons,  Summit, 
Oaklawn,  and  the  intervening  communities 
reasonable  connections  with  each  other. 

If  any  available  money  from  any  source 
remains  in  the  State  bond  road  fund  after 
the  above  described  roads  are  completed 
and  paid  for,  said  Department  of  Public 
Works  and  Buildings  shall  use  such  money 
to  construct  other  similar  roads  so  as  to 
extend  said  system  in  such  a  way  as  to  be 
of  the  greatest  benefit,  in  the  judgment  of 
said  Department  of  Public  Works  and 
Buildings,  to  the  people  of  the  State. 

§  10.  That   wherever   one    of   the   above 


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ILLINOIS  HIGHWAY  IMPROVEMENT  BLUEBOOK 


Iflonfeon  tfotd 


FOR  that  restful, homelike 
atmosphere  —  that  spirit; 
of  friendliness,  cordiality 
of  service,  where  the  visitor: 
is  assured  a  warmth  of  wel- 
come   equalled    only    by    the 
quality  and  scope  of  the  sur- 
roundings —  there  is  no  place 
like  Morrison  Hotel,  Chicago. 

Every  room  has  a  bath  and  run- 
ning ice  water  and  is  completely 
and  luxuriously  furnished.  Every 
floor  has  its  own  housekeeper — 
your  personal  wants  are  supplied 
by  every  known  facility.  Nothing 
less  than  your  entire  satisfaction 
— will  satisfy  us. 

Home  of  the  "Famous 


•ii! 


II 

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Terrace  Gdidcn 

"Chicago's  Most  "Beautiful  'Restaurant" 
Its  architecture  and  physical  beauty  stand  alone. 


ATOWHERE  else  in  the  world  is 
a  restaurant  so  arranged.  The 
diners  sit  in  tiers  as  at  the  opera, 
every  one  having  an  unobstructed 
view  of  both  dining  room  and  stage. 
The  entertainment  is  one  of  refine- 
ment —  famous  operatic  stars,  an 
assembly  of  the  world's  greatest  skat- 
ing stars  and  other  added  features. 

Madison  at  Clark  Street 
Chicago 


Personal  Management  Harry  C.  Moir 


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ILLINOIS  HIGHWAY  IMPROVEMENT  BLUEROOK 

Bonds  Voted  for  Highway  Work  by  Counties 

Bond  County,  $117,300;  Clark  County,  $112,000;  Cook  County,  $3,000,000;  Cumber- 
land County,  $95,000;  Edwards  County,  $160,000;  Effingham  County,  $104,000;  Fayette 
County,  $142,000;  Jackson  County,  $340,000;  Lake  County,  $500,000;  Macoupin  County, 
$160,000;  Madison  County,  $600,000;  Mason  County,  $55,000;  Menard  County,  $55,000; 
Sangamon  County,  $500,000;  *  St.  Clair  County,  $1,500,000;  Vermilion  County,  $1,500,000; 
Williamson  County,  $273,500;  Winnebago  County,  $145,000.  Total,  $9,358,800. 

*  Proposition  for  additional  tax  levy  was  lost. 


described  roads  runs  through  or  into  a 
county  over  a  paved  road  that  has  been 
constructed  by  such  county  and  the  State, 
jointly,  or  by  such  county  alone  and  ac- 
cepted by  the  State,  then,  in  such  case, 
said  Department  of  Public  Works  and 
Buildings  shall,  if  such  paved  road  is  of 
proper  durable  hard-surfaced  type  to  make 
it  practicable  to  do  so,  utilize  such  paved 
road  in  said  State-wide  system  of  roads. 
If  said  Department  of  Public  Works  and 
Buildings  does  utilize  and  make  such  a 
paved  road  of  a  county  a  part  of  said  State- 
wide system  of  roads,  then,  and  in  that 
case,  the  actual  cost  of  said  paved  road 
shall  be  determined,  in  the  manner  herein- 
after provided  for,  and  an  amount  of 
money  equivalent  to  the  share  of  such  cost 
that  was  paid  by  such  county,  shall  be  set 
apart  and  allotted  by  said  department  to 
such  county  to  be  used,  at  the  option  of 
such  county,  either  in  the  payment  of  any 
county  bonds  issued  by  such  county  and 
used  to  improve  its  State  Aid  Roads,  or  in 
the  improvement  of  any  one  or  more  of  its 
improved  or  unimproved  State  Aid  Roads, 
by  constructing  thereon  a  durable  hard- 
surfaced  road,  under  the  direction  and  to 
the  satisfaction  of  said  Department  of  Pub- 
lic Works  and  Buildings.  In  determining- 
such  cost  of  such  a  paved  road  of  a  county, 
so  utilized  in  said  State-wide  system  of 
roads,  the  Chief  Highway  Engineer  shall 
make  a  careful  examination  of  the  Depart- 
ment's State  Aid  Road  records  which  show 
the  actual  cost  of  all  such  State  Aid  Roads, 
and  present  to  said  Department  of  Public 
Works  and  Buildings,  in  writing,  a  state- 
ment, approved  by  the  Superintendent  of 
Highways,  showing  the  actual  cost  of  such 
paved  road  of  such  county;  and  the  amount 
of  such  cost  paid  by  such  county,  as  shown 
by  said  statement,  shall  be  the  amount  of 
money  so  to  be  allotted  to  said  county  by 
said  Department  of  Public  Works  and 
Buildings  to  be  used  by  said  County  in  the 
manner  hereinbefore  provided  for. 

§  ii.  That  whenever  the  making  of  any 
part  of  said  proposed  improvement,  or  the 
locating  of  a  route  or  any  part  thereof,  or 
the  obtaining  of  road  building  materials 
for  the  work  provided  for  herein,  will  re- 
quire that  private  property  be  taken  or 
damaged,  said  Department  of  Public 
Works  and  Buildings,  in  its  name,  shall 


have  the  right  to  purchase  the  necessary 
land  from  the  owner  thereof,  or  if  com- 
pensation therefor  can  not  be  agreed  upon, 
to  have  such  just  compensation  ascertained 
and  to  acquire  and  pay  for  said  property 
in  the  same  manner,  as  near  as  may  be,  as 
provided  for  in  the  Act  of  this  State  en- 
titled, "An  Act  to  provide  for  the  exercise 
of  the  right  of  eminent  domain,"  approved 
April  10,  1872,  and  the  amendments  there- 
to :  Provided,  however,  that  said  Depart- 
ment of  Public  Works  and  Buildings  shall 
not  be  required,  in  any  case,  to  furnish 
bond. 

§  12.  That  the  public  highways  upon 
which  said  roads  are  being  constructed 
shall,  during  the  construction  period  and 
continuously  thereafter,  be  under  the  juris- 
diction and  control  of  said  Department  of 
Public  Works  and  Buildings,  but  the  duty 
of  maintaining  such  highways  shall  rest  on 
the  local  authorities  until  said  construction 
work  has  been  completed.  No  public  utility 
company  or  person  shall  be  granted  any 
right,  privilege  or  franchise  in,  on  or  along 
any  such  highway  without  the  consent  of 
said  Department  of  Public  Works  and 
Buildings.  After  a  road  in  said  State- wide 
system  has  been  completed  and  taken  over 
by  said  Department  of  Public  Works  and 
Buildings  said  road  shall  thereafter  be 
maintained  by  the  State,  under  and  in  ac- 
cordance with  the  provisions  of  Section  32 
of  Article  IV  of  the  Act  of  this  State  en- 
titled, "An  Act  to  revise  the  law  in  rela- 
tion to  roads  and  bridges,"  approved  June 
27,  1913,  and  the  amendments  thereto. 

§  13.  That  this  Act,  authorizing  the  State 
to  contract  the  debt  for  the  purpose  set 
forth  herein  and,  as  an  evidence  of  such 
debt,  to  issue  bonds  of  the  State  of  Illinois 
to  the  amount  of  sixty  million  dollars 
($60,000,000.00)  and  levying  a  direct  annual 
tax  sufficient  to  pay  the  interest  annually 
on  such  bonds,  as  such  interest  shall  accrue, 
and  also  to  pay  and  discharge  the  principal 
of  such  bonds  at  par  value,  as  such  bonds 
respectively  fall  due,  but  providing  that 
such  payments  may  be  made  from  other 
sources  of  revenue,  shall  be  submitted  to 
the  people  of  this  State  at  the  general  elec- 
tion to  be  held  on  Tuesday  next  after  the 
first  Monday  of  November,  A.  D.  1918; 
that  said  Act  shall  be  so  submitted  on  a 
separate  ballot,  which  shall  be  in  substan- 
tially the  following  form : 


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OFFICIAL  TESTS  GIVE 

BRUNSWICK  TIRES 

FIRST  PLACE 

Here  Is  The  Evidence: 


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No.  One  Hundred  Twelve 


ILLINOIS  HIGHWAY  IMPROVEMENT  BLUEBOOK 
(ROAD  IMPROVEMENT  BALLOT.) 


Shall  an  Act  of  the  General  Assembly  of  Illinois,  entitled,  "An 
Act  in  relation  to  the  construction  by  the  State  of  Illinois  of  a  State- 
wide system  of  durable  hard-surfaced  roads  upon  public  highways  of 
the  State  and  the  provisions  of  means  for  the  payment  of  the  cost 
thereof  by  an  issue  of  bonds  of. the  State  of  Illinois,"  which,  in  sub- 
stance, provides  for  construction  by  the  State,  acting  through  its  De- 
partment of  Public  Works  and  Buildings,  subject  to  the  Governor's 
approval,  of  a  State-wide  system  of  hard  roads  on  routes  described ; 
for  control  and  maintenance,  and  for  conditional  compensation  for 
roads  already  paved ;  gives  such  department  full  power  to  execute 
Act;  authorizes  State  to  contract  a  debt  for  such  purpose  and  to  issue 
$60,000,000.00  of  serial  bonds,  bearing  interest  annually  at  not  to 
exceed  4% ;  appropriates  said  sum  to  said  department ;  levies  a  tax 
sufficient  to  pay  said  interest  annually,  as  it  shall  accrue,  and  to  pay 
off  said  bonds  within  20  years  from  issuance,  but  provides  that  such 
payments  may  be  made  from  other  sources  of  revenue  and  requires 
moneys  in  the  Motor  Vehicle  Law  "Road  Fund"  to  be  first  used  for 
such  payments  and  such  direct  tax  to  be  omitted  in  any  year  in 
which  sufficient  money  from  other  sources  of  revenue  has  been  appro- 
priated to  meet  such  payments  for  such  year ;  provides  for  publication 
and  for  submission  to  the  people;  makes  the  provisions  for  payment 
of  such  interest  and  bonds  irrepealable ;  and  pledges  faith  of  State 
to  the  making  of  such  payments;  go  into  full  force  and  effect? 


YES 


NO 


That  this  question  shall  be  so  submitted 
at  said  general  election,  and  said  election 
on  said  question  shall  be  held  and  returns 
thereof  be  made,  where  not  otherwise  pro- 
vided herein,  at  the  same  time  and  in  the 
same  manner  and  by  the  same  officials,  as 
in  the  case  of  the  election  of  State  officers 
and  in  accordance,  as  near  as  may  be,  with 
the  provisions  of  the  general  election  laws 
of  this  State ;  that  the  Secretary  of  State 
is  hereby  authorized,  empowered  and  di- 
rected to  certify  to  the  county  clerk  of  each 
county  the  form  of  said  ballot  and  also  to 
take  every  step  required  by  this  Act  and  by 
the  general  election  laws  of  this  State  to  be 
taken  in  such  cases ;  that  the  respective 
persons  whose  duty  it  is,  under  the  gen- 
eral election  laws  of  this  State,  to  cause 
noticts  of  election  to  be  given  and  ballots 
to  be  printed,  and  the  elections  to  be  held 
and  the  results  thereof  to  be  ascertained 
and  declared,  are  hereby  authorized,  em- 
powered and  directed  to  take  every  step 
required  by  the  statutes  of  this  State  to  be 
taken  in  such  cases,  so  as  to  cause  this 
question  to  be  properly  submitted  to  the 
people  of  this  State. 

§  14.  That  the  Secretary  of  State  be,  and 
he  is  hereby,  authorized,  empowered  and 
directed  to  cause  publication  of  this  Act  to 
be  made,  once  each  week,  for  three  months 
at  least  before  the  vote  of  the  people  shall 


be  taken  upon  such  Act ;  and  that  such  pub- 
lication shall  be  made  in  at  least  two  daily 
newspapers,  one  of  which  shall  be  published 
in  the  city  of  Springfield  and  one  in  the 
city  of  Chicago. 

§  15.  That  the  provisions  in  this  Act  for 
the  payment  of  the  principal  of  said  bonds 
at  maturity  and  of  the  interest  thereon  an- 
nually ;  as  it  shall  accrue,  by  a  direct  annual 
tax  which  has  been  levied  herein  for  said 
purpose,  or  from  other  sources  of  revenue 
appropriated  for  that  purpose,  shall  be 
irrepealable  until  such  debt  and  interest  be 
paid  in  full,  and  for  the  making  of  such 
payment  the  faith  of  the  State  of  Illinois  is 
hereby  pledged. 

§  16.  That  the  publication  of  this  law  in 
the  above  mentioned  newspapers  and  in  the 
Session  Laws  of  Illinois  is  hereby  declared 
to  be  due  notice  to  the  people  of  this  State 
of  the  provisions  of  this  law  and  of  its  sub- 
mission to  them  and  that  if  this  law  re- 
ceives at  said  general  election  the  required 
majority  of  votes,  then  the  will  of  the 
people  so  expressed  or  attempted  to  be  so 
expressed  shall  not  be  defeated  nor  set 
aside  on  account  of  the  failure,  negligence 
or  carelessness  of  any  officer,  or  person,  in 
the  performance  of  his  duty,  but  the  law 
shall  immediately  go  into  full  force  and 
effect. 

APPROVED  JUNE  22,  1917. 


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After  Tive  Million 

pieces  of  Bond  Issue  literature  had  been  printed, 
delivered,  shipped,  attended  to  in  detail;  in  a 
letter  dated  the  day  before  election — 

President  William  G.lLdens  said: 


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I  take  advantage  of  this  opportunity  to  con- 
gratulate you  on  your  efficient  business  organis- 
ation, and  thank  you  especially  for  the  splendid 
service  you  have  rendered  the  Illinois  High- 
way Improvement  Association  as  our  printers. 
Without  the  friendly  and  painstaking  way  in 
which  each  of  your  associates  have  co-operated 
I  fail  to  see  how  we  could  have  so  comfortably 
conducted  our  campaign. ' 

We  invite  the  accounts  of  those  who 
desire  to  connect  with  an  original, 
reliable  Printing  Concern  having  the 
initiative  and  equipment  essential  to 
complete  service. 

Burnett  &  Weinberger  Go. 

PRINTERS  DESIGNERS  ENGRAVERS 

fclb  FEDERAL  ST-  TEL-  HARRIS  ON  b59I 

CHICAGO 


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NmiiHiiiiiimiimiiimmmmiiiimiiiiiiiimiiiiminmimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimimmiiiin 


Good  Roads  Day 


Road  Dra&&in&  Contests 

AT  the  request  of  the  Illinois  Highway  Improvement  Association, 
the  state  superintendent  of  schools  proclaimed  the  first  Friday  in 
March,  1913,  as  good  roads  day.    Pupils  in  the  rural  schools  were 
told  briefly  the  advantages  of  good  roads.    Gov.  Dunne  proclaimed 
the  first  state  good  roads  day  on  April  15,  1914.     Under  the  di- 
rection of  superintendents  of  schools  and  highways,  motor  clubs 
and  good  roads  associations  there  was  a  general  observance  of  the  day.    Gov. 
Dunne,  under  the  auspices  of  the  good  roads  committee  of  the  Chicago  Motor 


MISS  LAURA  K.  KENNEDY 

During  the  $60,000,000  bond  issue  campaign 
Miss  Laura  K.  Kennedy  was  office  manager  of 
the  Chicago  Headquarters  of  the  Illinois 
Highway  Improvement  Association.  To  her 
initiative  and  diplomacy  the  officers  attribute 
to  a  large  degree  the  successful  carrying  out 
of  the  details  of  many  of  the  most  important 
activities  of  the  campaign.  Miss  Kennedy 
had  complete  charge  of  the  stenographic, 
printing  and  shipping  departments.  She  also 
was  active  in  organization  work  among  women's 
clubs.  She  is  a  graduate  of  Simmons  College, 
Boston,  Mass.,  and  Girton  School,  Winnetka, 
111. 


MRS.  H.  M.  DUNLAP 

One  of  the  most  effective  workers  among  those 
downstate  women's  organizations  was  Mrs. 
H.  M.  Dunlap  of  Savoy,  wife  of  State  Senator 
Dunlap.  Mrs.  Dunlap  has  preached  the 
doctrine  of  good  roads  at  Farmer's  Institutes 
for  several  years.  She  has  passed  the  greater 
part  of  her  life  on  Illinois  farms  and  is  thor- 
oughly acquainted  with  the  road  problem 
from  the  standpoint  of  the  farmer's  wife  and 
daughter.  Besides  appealing  to  the  agricul- 
tural vote  to  support  the  bond  issue,  Mrs 
Dunlap  was  instrumental  in  creating  an 
effective  sentiment  through  the  agency  of  the 
Illinois  State  Federation  of  Women's  Clubs, 
of  which  she  was  head  of  the  conservation 
department. 


He 


Club,  traversed  the  route  of  the  Lincoln  highway   from  Chicago  west, 
was  greeted  by  200,000  persons  along  the  line. 

In  Cook  County,  under  the  auspices  of  the  Associated  Roads  Organi- 
zations of  Chicago  and  Cook  County,  four  road  dragging  contests  were  held 
for  the  purpose  of  publicity  and  arousing  interest  in  the  question  of  highway 
improvement,  rather  than  for  any  direct  benefit.  Prizes  of  $T,OOO  in  gold  were 


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*The  Store  of  ^To-day  and  'To-morrow 


Establuhed  1875  by  E.J.Lehmann 

State ,^dams  and  'Dearborn  Streets 
CHICAGO 


Hundreds  of  Chicago  Motorists  come  to 
The  Fair  to  supply  their  every  need  in 

Accessories  &  Supplies 

for  here  they  find  very  extensive  stocks 
at  prices  that  yield  substantial  savings 

THE  EVER-INCREASING  number  of  motor  car  owners  in  and  about  Chi- 
cago who  consider  The  Fair  their  headquarters  for  accessories  and  supplies 
is  the  best  possible  evidence  of  the  superior  service  rendered  them  here. 
We  aim  at  all  times  to  offer  a  very  complete  stock  of  those  needs  which  we 
consider  of  dependable  quality — and  we  aim  to  supply  them  so  as  to  afford 
worthwhile  savings  to  the  car  owners.  You  too,  will  find  that  your  savings 
will  be  considerable  if  you  supply  your  needs  here. 

A  Special  Section  of  Parts  and 
Accessories  for  Fords 

TO  THE  BEST  OF  OUR  knowledge,  The  Fair  was  the  first  store  in  America 
to  make  special  provision  in  this  way  for  the  Ford  owner.  We  carry,  in  this 
section,  a  complete  stock  of  the  wanted  parts  for  Ford  cars,  as  well  as  of 
accessories  and  supplies.  These  parts  are  all  of  dependable  quality,  bought 
from  makers  of  established  reputation,  and  our  prices  are  substantially 
less  than  those  ordinarily  asked. 

Our  Fairview  Tubes  are  Guar- 
anteed for  Two  Years 

NO  SUCH  OFFER  HAS  EVER  before  been  made  on  tubes,  to  our  knowl- 
edge. These  Fairview  tested  tubes  are  of  the  highest  grade;  we  guarantee 
that  they  are  free  from  imperfections  in  materials  and  workmanship;  that 
they  will  not  split  or  deteriorate  in  two  years ;  and  that  they  will  give  two 
years'  service.  We  will  replace  or  repair  free  of  charge  any  Fairview  tube 
that  shows  any  imperfections  within  two  years  from  date  of  purchase.  In 
spite  of  this  extraordinary  guarantee,  these  Fairview  tested  tubes  cost  you 
no  more  than  unguaranteed  tubes. 


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distributed  in  Chicago  Heights,  Blue  Island,  Desplaines  and  La  Grange.  Similar 
contests  were  held  in  other  counties.  The  awarding  of  the  prizes  was  made 
the  occasion  of  addresses  on  the  subject  of  the  necessity  for  an  awakened 
public  interest  in  road  work.  Gov.  Dunne  proclaimed  a  good  roads  day  each 
year  during  his  term  of  office.  Gov.  Lowden  proclaimed  a  good  roads  day 
on  Oct.  30,  1918,  preceding  the  vote  on  the  $60,000,000  bond  issue. 

Convict  Work  on  Roads 

The  legislature  in  1913  passed  the  law  asked  by  Gov.  Dunne  allowing  the 
employment  of  convicts  on  highways  under  an  honor  system.  By  proclama- 
tion Gov.  Dunne  said  that  he  would  take  off  the  sentence  of  each  man  one 
day  for  every  three  days  of  road  work.  Fifty-one  honor  men  were  employed 
at  Camp  Hope,  near  Dixon,  111.,  cutting  a  road  through  a  hill  three-fourths 
of  a  mile  long.  Seventy-two  honor  men  were  employed  at  Camp  Dunne,  at 
Deer  Park,  near  Ottawa.  The  success  of  these  camps  resulted  in  a  call  by 
townships  for  other  convict  camps.  At  Reading,  in  Livingston  township,  in 
1915,  forty-six  men  in  a  convict  camp  were  employed  at  an  actual  cost  to  the 
township  of  $1.06  per  man  per  day  worked  on  the  roads  and  a  total  cost  of 
$°-735  Per  man  Per  day  in  camp. 

Convicts  have  been  used  since  1906  in  the  state  penitentiaries  at  Joliet 
and  Menard  preparing  stone  and  gravel  for  use  on  public  highways.  It  is 
shipped  to  townships  at  actual  cost,  under  the  direction  of  the  state  highway 
department.  Following  are  the  figures  on  the  distribution  of  this  material: 

Number  of  coun-    Number  of  town- 
Total  amount  ties  receiving         ships  receiving      Cubic  yards  of 
Year  of  applications  material  material  stone  shipped 

1906 276,365  57  127  39,905 

1907 166,140  39  72  96,595 

1908 100,680  30  54  120,240 

1909 227,690  40  75  136,789 

1910 143,830  42  67  103,309 

1911 214,434  40  80  152,165 

1912 263,195  43  90  154,032 

1913 233,130  41  100  152,572 

1914 226,832  36  80  136,721 

1915 169,819  38  91  144,462 

1916 131,662  24  74  105,398 

1917 106,511  23  57  68,856 


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ILLINOIS  HIGHWAY  IMPROVEMENT  BLUEBOOK 

Highway  Officials  of  Illinois 

STATE   DIVISION   OF    HIGHWAYS 

Under  the  administrative  code  of  1917,  the  state  highway  organization  was  made  a 
division  of  the  Department  of  Public  Works  and  Buildings.  The  three  state  highway 
commissioners  of  the  1913  law  were  abolished  and  a  superintendent  of  highways  substi- 
tuted. The  personnel  of  the  division  of  highway,  with  headquarters  at  Springfield,  follows: 

FRANK   I.   BENNETT — Director,  Department  of  Public  Works  and  Buildings. 

THOMAS  G.  VENNUM — Assistant  Director,  Department  of  Public  Works  and  Buildings. 

S.  E.   BRADT— Superintendent  of  Highways. 

CLIFFORD  S.   OLDER— Chief   Highway   Engineer. 

BUREAU  CHIEFS — J.  M.  McCoy,  chief  clerk;  H.  F.  Bilger,  road  engineer;  Frank  T.  Sheets,  bridge 

engineer;   George   F.   Burch,  asst.   bridge  engineer;   F.   L.   Roman,  testing  engineer;   B.   H. 

Piepmeier,   maintenance   engineer. 

DISTRICT  No.  1— H.  B.  Bushnell,  138  Fox  St.,  Aurora. 
DISTRICT  No.  2— H.   E.   Surman,   Dixon,   Illinois. 
DISTRICT  No.  a— A.    H.    Hunter,   Peoria    (Apollo   Theatre    Eldg.). 
DISTRICT  No.  4— Rodney    L.    Bell,    Paris. 
DISTRICT  No.  5— Fred    Tarrant,    Springfield. 

DISTRICT  No.  G— C.    M.    Slaymaker,    Metropolitan    Bldg.,    E.    St.    Louis. 
DISTRICT  No.  1 — J.    E.   Huber,   (office  at  present,   E.    St.    Louis). 
ASSISTANT  ENGINEERS— C.  M.  Hathaway,  J.  W.   Harris,  F.  C.  Fe.ufz,  O.  F.   Goeke,  I.   E.  Scott, 

H.  B.   Sennott,   F.   L.   Sperry. 
JUNIOR  ENGINEERS— L.  M.  Arms,  Charles  C.  Brown,  R.  T.  Cash,  H.  B.  Emery,  O.  A.  Fluegge, 

Ge.orge   E.    Galusha,    O.    L.    Gearhart,   Wallace    Harlan,    M.    H.    Kinch,   Thomas    E.    Lowery, 

W.  K.  Hazen,  W.   E.   Hill,   E.  J.   Meckenstock,  J.   H.   Miller,  R.   E.   Morris,  M.   W.   Parrigh, 


S.  M.  Rudder,  E.  C.  Wenge 


2.  J.  M 
r,  J.   P. 


Murphy,  G.  F.  Sallee,  R.  J.  Soergel,  F.  R.  Zahn. 


COUNTY    SUPERINTENDENTS   OF   HIGHWAYS 


ADAMS   County— LOUIS   BOYER,  Quincy. 

ALEXANDER  County— WILLIAM  N.  MOV- 
ERS, Cairo. 

BOND   County— R.    O.   YOUNG,   Greenville. 

BOONE  County— THOMAS  W.  HUMPHREY, 
Belvidere. 

BROWN    County— W.    O.    GROVER,    Mt.    Ster- 

BUREAU  County— JOHN  JOHNSON,  Prince- 
CALHOUN  County— JOHN  A.  EARLEY,  Har- 
CARROLL  County— S.  C.  CAMPBELL,  Mt. 

CASS  County— JOHN  GOODELL,  Virginia. 
CHAMPAIGN  County— GEORGE  C.  FAIRCLO, 

CHRISTIAN    County    —    C.    A.    PENINGTON, 

Taylorville. 

CLARK  County— WILBUR  MOORE,  Marshall. 
CLAY  County— II.  M.  ANDERSON,  Louisville. 
CLINTON  County— JOHN  T.  GOLDSMITH, 

Carlyle. 
COLES    County— HARRY    E.    SHINN,    Charles- 

COOK 'County— B.  D.  BARKER,  Chicago. 
CRAWFORD   County— JOHN   P.   LYONS,  Rob- 

CUMBERLAND  County— TOI1N  A.  DECKER, 
Toledo, 

DEKALB  County— W.  C.  MILLER,  Sycamore. 

DKWITT  County— MELVIN  TUGGLE,  Clinton. 

DOUGLAS  County— L.  O.  HACKETT,  Tuscola. 

DUPAGE  County— E.   L.   GATES,  Wheaton. 

EDGAR   County— GEO.    H.   HARKNESS,   Paris. 

EDWARDS   County— C.   C.   RICE,   Albion 

EFFINGHAM  County— GEORGE  T  AUSTIN, 
Effingham. 

FAYETTE  County— J.  V.  WADDELL,  Vandalia. 

FORD  County-SAMrKL  1-:.  WELLS,  Paxton. 

FRANKLIN    County— W.    E.    MOORE,    Benton. 

FULTON  County— E.  F.  MOTSINGER,  Lewis- 
ton. 

GALLATIN  County— VICTOR  PEARCE,  Shaw- 

GREENEWCounty— W.    P.    WITT,   Carrollton. 
GRUNDY   County— F.    W.   STINK,    Morris 
HAMILTON       County— GREGG       GARRISON, 

McLe.-msboro. 
HANCOCK  County— WM.  BURGNER,  Carthage. 


FRANK  I.  BENNETT 

Mr.  Bennett  was  appointed  director  of  the  Illinois 
Department  of  Public  Works  and  Buildings  in  1918. 
He  came  to  his  position  after  an  extended  experience 
as  Chairman  of  the  Finance  Committee  of  the  City 
Council  of  Chicago  and  later  as  Commissioner  of 
Public  Works  of  the  same  city. 

HARDIN  County— W.  M.  BALL,  Elizabethtown. 
HENDERSON  County— C.  R.  A.  MARSHALL, 

Oquawka. 
HENRY  County— JAMES  II.  REED,  Cambridge. 


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IROOUOIS     County— BENJAMIN    JORDAN, 

JACKSON  aCounty— THOMAS  G.  DUNN,  Mur- 
phy sboro. 

TASPER  County— S.  A.  CONNOR,  Newton. 
JEFFERSON  County— JOHN   D.  BREEZE,  Mt 

Vernon. 
JERSEY    County  — CHARLES     E.    WARREN, 

Jerseyville. 
JO   DAVIESS   County— GEORGE   E.   SCHROE- 

DER,    Galena. 

JOHNSON  County— JOHN  H.  SHARP,  Vienna 
KANE   County— M.   C.   Tarble,    Geneva. 
KANKAKEE   County— F.   M.    ENDS,   Kankakee 
KENDALL      County  — JOHN      D.      RUSSELL, 

Yorkville. 

KNOX   County— A.    L.    RICKEY,   Galesburg. 
LAKE  County— CHARLES  E.  RUSSELL,  Wau- 

kegan. 
LASALLE   County— GEO.    L.    FARNSWORTH, 

Ottawa. 
LAWRENCE   County— R.  J.   BENEFIEL,   Law- 

renceville. 

LEE    County— L.    B.    NEIGHBOUR,    Dixon. 
LIVINGSTON    County— GLENN    D.    BUTZER. 

LOGAN   County— L.  II.   HOLLAND,   Lincoln. 
MACON  County— P.  T.  HICKS,  Decatur. 
MACOUPIN    County— O.    B.    CONLEE,    Carlin- 

ville. 
MADISON    County  —  W.    E.    HOWDEN,    Ed 

wardsville. 

MARION  County— LEE  S.  TRAINOR,  Salem 
MARSHALL  County-L.  H.  ELDRIDGE,  Lacon 
MASON  County— C.  H.  KREILLING  (acting), 

Havana. 
MASSAC    County— J.    THRIFT    CARLIS,    Met- 

McDO??OUGH     County  — W.     M.     BONHAM, 

Macomb. 
McHENRY     County   —   CHAS.     L.     TRYSON, 

Woodstock. 
McLEAN    County  —   RALPH    O.    EDWARDS, 

Bloomington. 
MENARD     County  — CYRUS    M.    BUCKLEY, 

Petersburg. 

MERCER  County— J.   E.  RUSSELL,  Aledo. 
MONROE    County— ALBERT    R.     GARDNER, 

Waterloo. 
MONTGOMERY      County  —  P.      M.      BANDY, 

Hillsboro. 
MORGAN   County— L.  V.    BALDWIN,  Jackson 

ville. 


MOULTRIE    County— T.    C.    FLEMING,    Sulli 

OGLE   County— ALEX   ANDERSON,   Polo. 
PEORIA   County— WALTER   E.    EMERY,   Peo 

PERRY     County— FRANK    HOUSE,    Pinckney- 

ville. 
PIATT      County— THOMAS     J.      ANDERSON, 

Monticello. 

PIKE   County-H.   H.   HARDY,    Pittsfield. 
POPE  County— W.  T.   S.   HOPKINS,  Golconda. 
PULASKI   County— WM.   N.   MOYERS,   Mound 

City. 
PUTNAM    County— MASON    WILSON,    Henne- 

pin. 
RANDOLPH    County— HENRY    I.    BARBEAU, 

Chester. 

RICHLAND   County— GEO.   LOW,   Olney. 
ROCK  ISLAND  County— WALLACE  TREICH- 

LER,  Rock  Island. 
SALINE    County— J.    P.    UPCHURCH,    Harris- 

SANGA^MON    County  — EDWIN    H.    WHITE, 

Springfield. 
SCHUYLER    County  — W.     S.     HENDERSON, 

SCOTT  County— GEORGE  H.  VANNIER,  Win- 

SHELBVcounty— N.  A.   BAXTER,  Shelbyville. 
STARK   County— W.    M.   SLATER,   Toulon. 
ST.  CLAIR  County— D.  S.  THOMAS,  Belleville. 
STEPHENSON     County  —  O.      G.     HIVELEY, 

TAZEWELL  county— F.  s.  COOK,  Pekin. 

UNION  County-JOSEPH  F.  HOWENSTEIN, 
Jonesboro. 

VERMILION  County— W.  S.  DILLON,  Dan- 
ville. 

WABASH    County— JOHN    C.    SPARKES,    Mt. 

WARREN  County  —  C.  L.  McCLANAHAN, 
Monmouth. 

WASHINGTON  County— OSCAR  C.  RABEN- 
NECK,  Nashville. 

WAYNE    County— GRIFF    KOONTZ,    Fairfield. 

WHITE  County— GEORGE  H.  BROWN,  Carml. 

WHITESIDE  County— V.  N.  Taggett,  Morrison. 

WILL  County— W.    H.    SMITH,   Joliet. 

WILLIAMSON  County  —  P.  B.  WILSON, 
Marion. 

WINNEBAGO  County— ALB ERTUS  R.  CAR- 
TER, Rockford. 

WOODFORD  County— A.   B.  HURD,  Eureka. 


Officers  of  Highway  Associations  in  Illinois 


ILLINOIS  HIGHWAY   IMPROVEMENT 
ASSOCIATION. 

President— William  G.  Edens,  125  West  Mon- 
roe St.,  Chicago. 

Secretary — Robert    W.    Dunn,    Otis    Building, 

Chicago. 
BURLINGTON  WAY. 

President — C.  H.  Weber,  Jacksonville. 

Secretary — H.   C.  Wilhite,  Greenfield. 
CANNON  BALL  TRAIL. 

President — Thomas   M.    Beatty,    Quincy. 

'Secretary — W.    S.    McClintock,    Galva. 
DIXIE  HIGHWAY. 

Vice  President,  in  Illinois — Richard  J.  Finne- 

gan,  15  South  Market  St.,  Chicago. 
EGYPTIAN   TRAIL. 

President — Dr.  I.  A.  Lumpkin,  Mattoon. 

Secretary — Ernest  B.  Tucker,  Mattoon. 
GRANT  HIGHWAY. 

President — George   D.   Roper,   Rockford. 

Secretary — Malcolm   MacKinnon,   Rockford. 
ILLINOIS  CORN  BELT  ROUTE. 

President — A.  B.  Hurd,  El  Paso. 

Secretary — G.   R.    Curtis,   El   Paso. 
ILLINOIS  VALLEY  WAY. 

President — J.    R.    Blackball,   Joliet. 

Secretary — Axel   Heiberg,    Ottawa. 


INDIAN  HEAD  TRAIL. 

President — John  Acker,   Savanna. 

Secretary — W.   F.  Miller,   Savanna. 
LINCOLN  HIGHWAY. 

Chicago  Consul— William  G.  Edens,  125  West 

Monroe  St.,  Chicago. 
NATIONAL  OLD  TRAILS  ASSOCIATION. 

President — L.   H.   Bissell,  Effingham. 

Secretary — J.  H.   Curry,  Effingham. 
NATIONAL  PARKS  HIGHWAYS 
ASSOCIATION. 

President— William  G.   Edens,  125  West  Mon- 
roe  St.,   Chicago. 

Secretary — -F.   W.  Guilbert,  Spokane,  Wash. 
ROCK  RIVER  (BLACKHAWK  TRAIL)  ROAD 
ASSOCIATION. 

President — J.    C.    Seyster,    Oregon. 

Secretary— Malcolm   McKinnon,   Rockford. 
SHERIDAN  ROAD  IMPROVEMENT 
ASSOCIATION. 

President— E.   L.    Lobdell,   59   E.   Van    Buren 
St.,  Chicago. 

Secretary — Henry  Atwater,  59  E.  Van  Buren 
St.,  Chicago. 


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LIBRARY 

OF  THE 

UNIVERSITY  OF  ILL1NOI' 


ILLINOIS  HIGHWAY  IMPROVEMENT  BLUEBOOK 

Township  Highway  Commissioners  in  Illinois 

LISTED  BY  COUNTIES 


ADAMS 

Frank  Delavernge, 

John    Kinder,    Jr., 

Lawrence  Mulligan, 

Kirkland. 

Meppin. 

Bondville. 

Wm.   Fruehling, 

A.   S.   Seaming, 

William    Maines, 

Fred  W.   Eichhorst, 

LaPrairie. 

Capron. 

Brussells. 

Champaign. 

John    Willard, 

J.   S.  Kelley, 

William  Cotton, 

Golden. 

Calidonia.  • 

CARROLL 

Homer. 

John  W«ssel, 

D.   Shawson, 

Chas.   D.   Hatfield, 

L.    A.    McCormick, 

Loraine. 

Belvidere. 

Savanna. 

Urbana. 

A.  P.   Clapper, 
Loraine. 

BROWN 

J.    B.    Fitzpatrick, 
Savanna. 

L.  E.  Marsh, 
St.    Joseph. 

Henry  Cram, 
Quincy. 
Frank  Pollock, 
Mendon. 

Allin   R.   Fry, 
Mt.  Sterling. 
J.  W.   Stephenson, 

Wm.    S.    Emery, 
Mt.   Carroll. 
Hary  Martin, 

G.   J.   Bower, 
Tolono. 
Frank   Werts, 
Urbana. 

David   Cantrell, 
Coalsburg. 
Henry  Welsh, 
Camp  Point. 
Lincoln  L.   Dodd, 
Clayton. 
Howe  Amen, 
Clayton. 
August  Bubb, 
Columbus. 
James  Martin, 
Columbus. 

Versailles. 
Fred  Robinson, 
Timewell. 
Books  Watkins, 
Siloom. 
Daniel   Bookley, 
Timewell. 
Roy  McDonald, 
Mt.  Sterling. 
Fred  Dalton, 
Hersman. 
Matt   Reisch, 

Fred   C.    Henze, 
Shannon. 
Henry   C.    Kness, 
Lavark. 
D.   D.   Stitzel, 
Lavark. 
S.  R.  Fulrath, 
Mt.    Carroll. 
Jas.  S.  Smith, 
Savanna. 
Samuel   Grinn, 

CHRISTIAN 

N.  H.  Padgett. 
Assumption. 
A.    E.    Curvey, 
Palmer. 
Fred  Boughmore, 
Edinburg. 
Jas.    Gray, 
Nokomis. 
W.   H.   Stumm, 

Ed   Seckman, 
Quincy. 
James  Platt, 
Quincy. 
Antone   Hoebing, 
Quincy. 
Charles  Veihl, 
Adams. 
Wm.  Craig, 
Liberty. 
A.  J.   Lierly, 
Kellerville. 
J.  E.  Richardson, 
Beverly. 
Ben   Swan, 
Liberty. 
Edward  Distlehorst, 
Payson. 
Christ  Veihl, 
Quincy. 

Cooperstown. 
John  P.   Long, 
Mt.  Sterling. 

BURE'AU 

Philip  Herr, 
La   Moille. 
John  Weeks, 
La   Moille. 
G.   S.  Jackson, 
Ohio. 
William  Smith, 
Walnut. 
H.   A.   Dahl, 
New   Bedford. 
Arthur   Black, 
Tampico. 
John    Glumm,,    . 
Arlington'.;  .;.  ; 
A.   M.   Mallonee, 

Thomson. 
Hy.   P.   Hartman, 
Chadwick. 
D.    H.    Bowders, 
Milledgeville. 
Satn'l   Murray, 
Polo. 

CASS 
Thos.    Daniels, 
Ashland. 
Angus   Taylor, 
Virginia. 
Mr.   Chas.   F.  Johnson, 
Beardstown. 
Mr.    Wm.    Niestradt, 
Arenzville. 
Harry  Schaeffer, 
.    .  Arenaville. 

CHAMPAIGN 

Taylorville. 
Alfred   Marshall, 
Howel. 
Chas.    Dorr, 
Owaneco. 
C.   M.   Long, 
Assumption. 
R.    A.    Himstedt, 
Boody. 
J.  B.  Parish, 
Mt.  Auburn. 
Joe   Vitts,   Jr., 
Pana. 
Jno.  Wyckoff, 
Moweaqua. 
Roy  Beaty, 
Morrisonville. 
E.   E.   Vincent, 
Rosemond. 
Wm.   Hawk, 
Pawnee. 

ALEXANDER 

Maiden. 
George  Woolley, 

Oscar   G.   Anderson, 
Broad  lands. 

Ed  Walley, 
Stonington. 

William.  Pryor, 
Tamms. 
P.   C.   Shafer, 
Thebes. 

Princeton. 
Joseph  McFadden, 
Spring  Valley. 
William   Bierman, 

James    B.    Jones, 
Fisher. 
L.    T.    Daniels, 
107    W.    Vine, 

Andrew   Flesher, 
Taylorville. 

CLARK 

Henry  BufCord, 
Elco. 

Princeton. 
John  Johnson, 

Champaign. 
G.   C.   Wills, 

Robt.   Nichol, 

John  Hill, 

Princeton. 

Penfield. 

Marshall. 

McClure. 
Andrew  Serbian, 
Cairo. 

Albert   Wilson, 
Princeton. 
Virgil    White, 

John  Van  Sickle, 
Penfield. 
James    Somers, 

Allen   McNary, 
Marshall. 
Orville    Arnold, 

Manlius. 

Ivesdale. 

Casey. 

BOND 

Frank  Smith, 

W.   O.   Watts,' 

John    Bash, 

Manlius. 

Pesotum 

Darwin. 

Chas.  W.  Kneier, 

H.   G.   Prior, 

Chas.    Alexander 

L.    S.    Rolison, 

Keysport. 

Princeton. 

Dewey. 

Martinsville. 

J.   F.    Pasley, 

H.   O.  Johnson, 

Jerry  Cain 

Fred  Buckner, 

Mulberry   Grove 

Buda. 

Gifford. 

Marshall. 

C.   D.   Baits, 

L.    F.    Brandt, 

Henry  Wilson, 

Randall   Bailey, 

Smithboro. 
M.   M.   Floyd, 

Mineral. 
Alba   Miller, 

Champaign. 
H.   A.   Wood, 

Martinsville. 
Shelton   Davis, 

Greenville. 

Princeton. 

Penfield. 

Marshall. 

Louis   Gaffner, 

D.    W.    Sorine, 

R.    P.   Corbett 

Harry    Martin, 

Greenville. 

Tiskilwa. 

Martinsville. 

L.    I.    Justi, 

Arthur   Hopkins, 

D.   W.    Shirley, 

Robt.  Wier, 

Pocahontas. 

Tiskilwa. 

Martinsville. 

John   Stiner, 

George  Kapp, 

F.  A.  Williams. 

Ham  Cooper, 

•    Poeahontas. 

Buda. 

Fisher 

Martinsville. 

Arthur  Burkhart, 
Sorento. 

Henry    Augushine, 
Neponset. 

P.    J.    McKinney, 

M.    V.    Connolly, 
Martinsville. 

R.   O.   Young, 

Jacob   Shauffer, 

Peter  ^Veasel 

James   Turner, 

Sorento. 

Tiskilwa. 

Dennison. 

Clarence   Hay, 

Henry   Licht, 

Wilber    Moore, 

BOONE 

Bradford. 

Philo. 

Westfield. 

Conrad    Johnson, 
Belvidere. 

CALHOUN 

Henry  J.    Baker, 
Rantoul. 

John   Mitchell, 
West    Union. 

E.    P.    Wright, 

Hollis  Wimeland, 

Wm.   Lavenhagen, 

Garden  Prairie. 

Harrisburg. 

Sidney. 

CLAY 

Angus   McLean, 

Joseph  Waldhauser, 

James  Higgins, 

W.   E.   Goad, 

Capron. 

Kampsville. 

Ivesdale. 

Xenia. 

Swan   Westergreen, 

John    Surgeon, 

J.    W.    Apperson, 

J.    H.    McElyea, 

Poplar  Grove. 

Batchtown. 

Sidney. 

Xenia. 

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ILLINOIS  HIGHWAY  IMPROVEMENT  BLUEBOOK 

Vote"Yes"for  Good  Roads  on  the  Little 

Ballot  NOV.  5    [    Statement  for  the  Busy  Voter    ] 

One  of  the  most  important  questions  ever  submitted  to  the  voters  of  the  state  is  the  good  roads 
proposition  on  the  little  ballot  at  the  election  on  November  5.  Under  the  plan  adopted  by  the  legis- 
lature, the  proposal  is  for  a  system  of  state  highways  about  4,800  miles  in  extent,  connecting  all 
counties,  reaching  nearly  all  important  cities  and  towns  and  serving  all  the  people  of  the  com- 
monwealth. Under  existing  laws  such  a  system  could  be  built  only  after  25  or  30  days  of  extraordinary 
administrative  effort. 

Paid  from  Automobile  Licenses. — The  little  ballot  proposition  corrects  this  defect  and  allows  the 
issuance  of  $60,000,000  worth  of  bonds  to  be  paid  entirely  out  of  the  automobile  license  fees. 

Help  Labor  After  War.— Thus  there  is  a  double  incentive  to  public  support  of  the  proposition — 
the  general  good  to  the  state  from  a  businesslike  method  of  road  building  and  the  special  assistance 
to  industry  and  labor  after  the  war. 

No  Tax  on  Real  Estate. — The  automobile  owners  alone  will  pay  for  the  roads  under  license  fees 
already  in  force.  The  man  who  does  not  own  an  automobile  will  not  pay  any  part  of  the  expense. 


Frank   O.   Lowden.    Governor 

Edward  F.  Dunne,  former  Gov- 
ernor. 

Charles  S.  Deneen,  former 
Governor. 

Richard  Yates.  former  Gover- 
nor. 

•hum".  Hamilton  Lewis,  U.  S. 
Senator, 

Lawrence  Y.  Sherman,  U.  S. 
Senator. 

Roger    C.    Sullivan. 

Medill  McCormick,  Congress- 
man-at-Large 

William  E.  Mason,  Congress- 
man-at-Large. 

William  Hale  Thompson,  Mayor 
of  Chicago. 

John  H.  Walker.  President 
Illinois  State  Federation  of 
Labor. 

John  Fitzpatrick,  President 
Chicago  Federation  of  Labor. 

Simon  O'Donnell,  President 
Building  Trades  Council. 

Victor  F.  Olander,  Secretary 
Illinois  State  Federation  of 
Labor. 

William  Quintan,  President 
Amalgamated  Association  of 
Street  and  Electric  Railway 
Employees. 

Samuel  Instill,  Chairman  State 
Council  of  Defense. 

Charles  Ireland,  President  Illi- 
nois Bankers'  Association. 

William  G.  Edens,  President 
Illinois  Highway  Improve- 
ment Association. 

S.  E.  Bradt.  State  Superinten- 
dent of  Highways. 

E.  N.  Hurley,  United  States 
Shipping  Board. 

Lucius  Teter,  President  Chi- 
cago Association  of  Com- 
merce. 

John  V.  Farwell. 

George  M.  Reynolds.  President 
Continental  and  Commercial 
National  Bank,  Chicago. 

James  B.  Forgan,  Chairman  of 
Board,  First  National  Bank, 
Chicago. 

General  Charles  G.  Dawes,  A. 
E.  F.  in  France. 

H.  M.  Byllesby. 

Charles  H.  Wacker. 

John  G.  Oglesby,  Lieutenant 
Governor. 

Louis  L.  Emmersnn,  Secretary 
of  State. 

Edward  J.  Brundage,  Attorney 
General. 


Len   Small,   State  Treasurer. 

John  G.  Shedd,  Marshall  Field 
&  Co. 

Andrew  Kussell,  State   Auditor. 

Francis  G.  Blair,  State  Super- 
intendent of  Public  Instruc- 
tion. 

James  McAndrews,  Congress- 
man. 

Joseph  G.  Cannon,  Congress- 
man. 

Martin  B.  Madden,  Congress- 
man. 

Henry  T.  Rainey,  Congressman. 

Charles  E.  Fuller,  Congressman. 

L.    E.     Wheeler,    Congressman. 

(Jeorge    E.    Foss,    Congressman. 

A.  J.  Sabath,  Congressman. 
William    W.    Wilson.    Congress- 
man. 

William  B.  McKinley,  Congress- 
man. 

Niels  Juul,  Congressman. 

T.   S.   Williams.   Congressman. 

D.  M.  Martin,  President,  Illi- 
nois Farmers'  Institute. 

Hugh    S.    Magill,    Jr.,    Director 

Illinois  Centennial   Commission. 

Judge   Kenesaw   M.    Landis. 

William  L.  O'Connell,  former 
Chairman  Illinois  Utilities 
Commission. 

David    E.    Shanahan,    Speaker 

Edward  D.  Shurtleff,  former 
Speaker. 

Arcn  bishop  George  W.  Mun- 
delein. 

Bishop   Charles   P.   Anderson. 

W.  B.  Millard,  Executive  Secre- 
tary Chicago  Church  Federa- 
tion Council. 

Bishop    Thomas    Nicholson. 

L.  Wilbur  Messer,  General 
Secretary  Y.  M.  C.  A. 

B.  M.       Englehard,       Temple 
Sholom. 

O.  E.  Aleshire.  Head  Banker 
Modern  Woodmen  of  Amer- 
ica. 

Edward  Houlihan,  State  Deputy 
Knights  of  Columbus. 

S.  L.  Von  Fossen,  Grand  Chan- 
cellor Knights  of  Pythias. 

James  McCredie,  Grand  Com- 
mander Knights  Templar  of 
Illinois. 

Homer  J.  Tice,  State  Highway 
Adviser. 

B.  F.  Harris,  Banker- Farmer, 
Champaign. 

James  P.  Wilson,   former  State 


Charles  Atkins,  Director  Illinois 
Department  of  Agriculture. 

Edmund  J.  James.  President 
University  of  Illinois. 

E.  Davenport,  Dean  of  College 
of  Agriculture,  University  of 
Illinois. 

Frank  S.  Dickson,  Adjutant 
General. 

Col.  Robert  R.  McCormick, 
commanding  Ft.  Sheridan. 

General  LeRoy  T.  Steward, 
Illinois  Militia  Reserve. 

Col.  James  E.  Stuart,  Eleventh 
Infantry. 

H.  L.  Lewis,  President  Illinois 
Rural  Letter  Carriers'  Asso- 
ciation. 

Perkins  Bass,  President  Cook 
County  Real  Estate  Board. 

William  Butterworth,  President 
Illinois  Manufacturers'  Asso- 
ciation. 

George  H.  Bird,  President  Chi- 
cago Automobile  Trade  Asso- 
ciation. 

Charles  Herendeen,  President 
Chicago  Automobile  Club. 

Charles  M.  Hayes,  President 
Chicago  Motor  Club. 

S.  N.  Cann,  President  Chicago 
Typographical  Union,  No.  16. 

Barney  Cohan,  State  Director 
of  Labor. 

Foster  S.  Nima,  President 
Hamilton  Club  of  Chicago. 

Frank  I.  Bennett,  State  Direc- 
tor of  Public  Works  and 
Buildings. 

George  R.  Jones,  Four  Minute 
Men. 

Col.  Frank  L.  Smith.  Chairman 
Republican  State  Central 
Committee. 

Ernest  Hoover,  Chairman 
Democratic  State  Central 
Committee. 

Fred  E.  Sterling,  former  Chair- 
man Republican  State  Cen- 
tral Committee. 

Col.  Frank  A.  Denlson,  Com- 
manding 370th  U.  S.  Infantry, 
(8th  Illinois  National  Guard.) 

John  W.  Eckhart,  President 
Iroquois  Club. 

James  J.  Brady,  former  State 
Auditor. 

Henry  R.  Rathbone,  former 
President  Hamilton  Club  of 
Chicago. 

Jane  Addams,  Hull  House, 
Chicago. 


Highway  Commissioner. 

THIS  ADVERTISEMENT  PRINTED  UNDER  AUSPICES  OF  THE  FOLLOWING:  Chicago 
Automobile  Trade  Association,  Chicago  Motor  Club,  Chicago  Automobile  Club,  Chicago  Garage 
Owners'  Association.  Chicago  Association  of  Commerce,  Cook  County  Real  Estate  Board,  Chicago 
Real  Estate  Board,  Street  Car  Men's  Union,  Hamilton  Club.  Irpquois  Club,  Cook  County  Farmers' 
and  Truck  Gardeners'  Assn.,  Blue  Island  Automobile  Club,  Associated  Road  Organizations  of  Chicago 
and  Cook  County. 


This  Statement  was  printed  as  advertising  in  Chicago   Papers  two   days   before   the  referendum. 


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ILLINOIS  HIGHWAY  IMPROVEMENT  BLUEBOOK 
TOWNSHIP  HIGHWAY  COMMISSIONERS  IN  ILLINOIS  (Continued) 


T.   H.   Gaumon. 

Henry   Dreyer. 

Geo.  Thompson, 

William  Martin, 

lola. 

Norwood    Park. 

Sycamore. 

Chrisman. 

G.    C.    Buoll, 

Adam  Keuch, 

Simon  Jordal, 

E.   E.   Fuqua, 

Edgewood. 

Tinley   Park. 

Lee. 

Vermillion. 

C.   W.   McVeigh. 

Henry    Roper, 

R.    B.    Firkins, 

Arlie   Gough, 

Flora. 

Palatine. 

Shabbona. 

Brocton. 

J.    D.   Ezell. 

Dan'l    Sullivan, 

Wm.    H.    Schule, 

O.    S.    Mason, 

Louisville. 

Palos  Park. 

Cortland. 

Chrisman. 

P.  P.  Beal. 

Henry  Dinse,  • 

H.    B.    Coy, 

J.    B.    Sudduth, 

Louisville. 

Hinsdale. 

Sandwich. 

PariB. 

Thurman    Smith. 

D.  G.   Gilly, 

E.    S.    Ball. 

R.    D.    Fulton, 

Clay   City. 

Barrington. 

Shabbona. 

Paris. 

A.    B.   Atchison. 

John  Clarke, 

W.   R.   Adee, 

U.    B.    Fitzpatrick. 

Louisville. 

Tinley  Park. 

Clare. 

Kansas. 

Jeff  Colborr, 

Fred  Siekman, 

Frank  Wood, 

Frank    Briston, 

Bible  Grove. 

1636   Chicago  Road, 

Hinckley. 

Paris. 

Roy  Walton. 

Chicago  Heights. 

Edward    Whipple, 

John    L.    Scott. 

Clay  City. 

Henry  Aulwurm, 

Sycamore. 

Scottland. 

C.    M.    Prosser, 

Blue    Island. 

Ben   Arnold, 

Joseph    Ellsberry, 

Sailor    Springs. 

Julius  J.    Precht, 

Leland. 

Chrisman. 

Arlington   Heights. 

Calvin    LeMaster, 

CLINTON 

C.  F.  Cromer, 

DEWITT 

Paris. 

Robb  G.  Terry. 
Centralia. 
Fred    Heinzmann, 
Shattuc. 
Chas.  Hentz, 
Boulder. 

Elgin. 
Henry   Schneider, 
Lemont. 
Frank   Gertz, 
Kolze. 
Henry  B.   Roller, 

Frank   Swiney, 
Farmer  City. 
W.   S.   Milton, 
Farmer   City. 
John  Hurd, 

Walter    Q.    Calvin, 
Brocton. 
J.    E.    Sanders, 
Paris. 
James  Van  Sickle, 
Metcalf. 

Gerhard    Sprehe. 
Hoffman. 

Willow  Springs. 
William   Kruse, 

Wapella. 
J.    H.   Kesecker, 

EDWARDS 

William    F.    Houseman. 
Huey. 
N.   E.   Baum. 
Carlyle. 
George   Schuchmann. 
Carlyle. 
Peter  List, 

DesPlaines. 
Herbert    Scherer, 
Glencoe. 
John   E.    Reusch, 
Niles. 

CRAWFORD 

Wapella. 
John    Mobley, 
Waynesville. 
E.    L.    Huffman, 
Waynesville. 
Charley   Morrison, 
Clinton. 
N.   C.   Bean, 

Allen    Stone, 
Albion. 
Charles    Marks, 
West    Salem. 
Jethro    Gill. 
Albion. 
Lewis    Barber, 

Carlyle. 
Edward    T.    Hoffmame. 
Beckemeyer. 
Fred   W.   Beckemeyer, 
Carlyle. 

John    Dart, 
Oblong. 
Wm.   H.   Price, 
Hutsonville. 

Clinton. 
C.   M.  Johnson, 
DeWStt. 
Chas.   L.   Roben, 

Albion. 
Sebastian    Rigg, 
Browns. 
G.    H.    Chalcraft, 

Joseph  Schlautmann. 
Germantown. 
Martin    Schonefeld, 
Breese. 

D.   W.   Holderman, 
Hutsonville. 
W.   L.    Martin, 
Palestine. 

Weldon. 
George  Harp, 
Lanes. 
William   Querfeld, 

Ellery. 
Finis   W.    Blackburn, 
Albion. 
Fred    Mode. 

Benj.   Nordmann. 

John   E.   Griswold, 

Clinton. 

Grayville. 

Breese. 

Robinson. 

C.   N.  Davidson, 

Frank   Zinkel, 

Frank    Moody, 

Kenney. 

EFFINGHAM 

Albers. 
Adam  Keilbach, 

Oblong. 
N.   C.  Waggoner, 

DOUGLAS 

Samuel    Yagow, 

Trenton. 

Oblong. 
Mel  Parrott, 

Jas.    H.    Davidson, 

Edgewood. 
J.    W.    Finfrock, 

COLES 

Chauncey. 
Elmer    Moore, 

Arcola. 
J.    H.    Watson, 

Altamong. 
J.    F.    Younger, 

Charles  Parker. 

Flat   Rock. 

Arcola. 

Maccasin. 

Oakland. 

John  Seaney, 

Geo.    Zeisz, 

Rudolph   Bandelow. 

W.    F.    Winkleblack. 

Flat   Rock. 

Hindsboro. 

Beecher    City. 

Rardin. 

Homer   Cooper, 

W.    H.    Greider, 

Tim   Whalen, 

CUMBERLAND 

Camargo. 

Mason. 

Charleston. 

Claus    Harder, 

Clarence    Wilmeth, 

W.    V.    Shrader, 

B.   A.   Weaver, 

Garrett. 

Altamont, 

Humbolt. 

Greenup. 

John    Fry, 

Henry    Schnuecke, 

Fred  Aufdenkamp, 

N.   C.   Spies, 

Murdock. 

Emngham. 

Humbolt. 

Greenup. 

H.    J.    McCown, 

J.    H.    Huffer, 

T.    W.    Nolls. 

David   Ellis, 

Newman. 

Shumway. 

Mattoon. 

Neoga. 

E.    G.    McDanel, 

Chas.    Horner, 

Charles   F.    Talbott, 

Henry  Swidge, 

Oakland. 

Watson. 

Charleston. 
G.   V.    Moffett. 

Segil. 
Dumos   Easton, 

A.    M.    Wright, 
Tuscola. 

S.    B.    Gillispie, 
Watson. 

Ashmore. 
George  W.    Maxey, 

Toledo. 
J.  D.  Allenboy, 

DUPAGE 

Henry  Buhnekemper. 
Emngham. 

Charleston. 
William  Greason. 
Lerna. 
E.    D.    Litwillis, 

Jewett. 
Roy   Nichols. 
Greenup. 
J.   A.   Lansberry, 

L.    H.    Krage, 
Addison. 
Henry   Haberkamp, 

Henry   Laue,   Jr., 
Teutopolis. 
Wm.    Schwartz, 
Dieterich. 

Etna. 
W.    E.    Dole, 
Mattoon. 

COOK 

Greenup. 
DEKALB 

M.    E.    O'Brien, 
DeKalb. 

Roselle. 
Fred    Schick, 
Bartlett. 
C.    B.    Patterman, 
West   Chicago. 
A.    F.    Mertz 

John   R.   Field, 
Dieterich. 
Anton    C.    Thoele, 
Teutopolis. 

Fred   C.   Dettmering, 

Wm.    Reid, 

Glen    Ellyn. 

FAYETTE 

Matteson. 
Asa   Dearborn, 

Waterman. 
John   Moser, 

Louis   Reinke, 

Selby   F.    Bail, 

Riverside. 

Cortland. 

Chas     K     Roe 

St.   Elmo. 

Fred    W.     Botterman. 
Roselle. 
Charles   Sahs, 

Frank  Fuller, 
DeKalb. 
Alfred    Benson, 

Downers  Grove. 
Ernest    Rott, 
Lisle 

Cube    Smith, 
Hagarstown. 
C.    B.   Frailey, 

Oak    Lawn. 
Herman    Garms. 

Kirkland. 
J.   W.   Brown, 

John    Schelling,    Jr., 
Eola 

Herrick. 
H.   F.   Austin, 

Arlington    Heights. 

Genoa. 

Ramsey. 

Benj.    H.    Crandall, 

Peter  Paulson, 

EDGAR 

Chas.    F.    Harris, 

Worth. 

Kingston. 

Bingham. 

Frank    Appleyard, 

John   Letheby, 

Chas.    Milam, 

Henry   Morey, 

Glenview. 

Malta. 

Redmon. 

Shobonier. 

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R.    H.    Smith, 

John  Denny, 

Joseph    Clarke, 

James   Tierney, 

Farina. 

Lewistown. 

Carbon    Hill. 

Media. 

A.   F.   Meyer, 

Jasper  Bishop, 

Wm.    J.    Vint, 

Wm.    Campbell, 

St.    Peter. 

Cuba. 

Kinsman. 

Biggsville. 

Emory    Hooper, 

R.    W.    David, 

Wm.    Pfeiffer, 

John    Thompson, 

Beecher    City. 

Ipava. 

Dwight. 

Kirkwood. 

J.   C.   Campbell, 

R.    S.    Ewing, 

A.    L.    Bookwalter, 

W.   C.   Boock, 

Brownstown. 

Avon. 

Gardner. 

Little  York. 

Alvin  Tedrick, 

Harry    Brockley, 

Walter   Olroyd, 

Leonard  Schell, 

Vernon. 

Astoria. 

S.    Wilmington. 

Oquawka. 

John    E.    Morrison, 

R.   T.    Smith, 

Harry    Morris, 

Ramsey. 

Canton. 

HAMILTON 

Gladstone. 

W.   L.    Henry, 

Lewis    McCoughey, 

W.    G.    Bennett, 

T.   R.   Marshall, 

Brownstown. 
Walter    M.    Smith, 

Ipava. 
Wm.    O'  Bryant, 

Dahlgren. 
Carl    Darnell 

Stronghurst. 
Leslie    Lovitt, 

Vandalia. 
Chas.    M.    Cunningham, 

Bryant. 
A.    J.    Hale, 

McLeansboro. 
Nim    Esthes 

Stronghurst. 
Geo.    M.    Dewein, 

Vandalia. 
Pearl  Thompson, 
Vandalia. 
A.    H.    O'Dell, 

Canton. 
Geo.    Hinderliter, 
Smithfield. 
C.   W.   Utsinger, 

Dahlgren. 
Frank   Hood, 
McLeansboro. 
M    A     Smith 

Carman. 
HENRY 

Loogootee. 
Wm.    Richman, 
Vandalia. 

FRANKLIN 

Francis   M.    Todd, 
Benton. 

Fiatt. 
M.    Smith, 
Ellisville. 
Robert    Raffles, 
Farmington. 
R.    A.   Wheeler, 
Fairview. 
J.    H.    Chenoweth, 

Broughton. 
Burse   Carr, 
McLeansboro. 
Zabe   Pierce, 
McLeansboro. 
Roy    Summers, 
Broughton. 

Chas.    Hamann, 
Osco. 
Chas.    Klavohn, 
Geneseo. 
A.    A.    Funk, 
Cambridge. 
Wm.    J.    Eyer, 
Annawan. 

Will    Rogers, 
Benton. 
Henry  Roberts, 

Table   Grove. 
L.   S.   Edie, 
Vermont. 

HANCOCK 
J.    E.    Pettijohn, 

W.    H.    Miller, 
Colona. 
Geo.   W.   Pobanz, 

Benton. 
R.   T.   McAdoo, 
Thompson  ville. 
Frank    Russell, 
West    Frankfort. 
Fred    Frailey, 

Henry   Bennett, 
Lewistown. 
Walter    McLaren, 
Astoria. 
Floyd    Fullmer, 
London    Mills. 

Augusta. 
Joe   Roberts, 
Plymouth. 
Jackson    Procter, 
Carthage. 
George   Miller, 

Geneseo. 
Joseph   Vogl, 
Geneseo. 
Peter  VerKruyse, 
Geneseo. 
E.   T.  Cain, 

Akin. 
Wm.    Winemiller, 
Whittington. 
Sam    Binkley, 
Frankfort    Heights. 

GREENE 

Jasper   Hopper, 
Athensville. 

LaHarpe. 
W.    C.    Lovitt, 
LaHarpe. 
William    Dickhut, 
Bowen. 

Hooppole. 
Herman   Pobanz, 
Geneseo. 
Frank    Peterson, 
Geneseo. 

O.   S.    Martel, 

Ed   Camerer, 

C.    B.    Jones, 

Edward   Oberle, 

Sessar. 
Henry    McAfoos, 
Ewing. 

Eldred. 
John   Vaugn, 
Carrollton. 

Bentley. 
William     Daily, 
Carthage. 

Prophetstown. 
S.    C.    McCurdy, 
Alpah. 

J.    N.    Moore, 

W.   J.   Perkins, 

W.    E.    Simmons, 

S.   H.   Whitcomb, 

Newkey. 

Kane. 

Burside. 

Woodhull. 

Orlen    Bunkett, 
Christopher. 

A.    L.    Dowdal, 
Carrollton. 

Alfred     Blythe, 
LaHarpe. 

P.    H.    Nelson, 
Bishop    Hill. 

W.    R.    Johnson, 

O.    H.    Felgar, 

Jonas   Grannell, 

FORD 

Patterson. 

West  Point. 

Galva. 

Elmer    Down, 

Wm.    Henderson, 

George   W.    Sells, 

Jay    Mayhew, 

Cabery. 

Greenfield. 

Basco. 

Kewanee. 

Jas.  R.  Sutton, 

Sam   McCracken, 

G.   T.   Phipps, 

Clarence     Bloomberg. 

Kempton. 
John  T.   Pearson, 

Roodhouse. 
J.    H.    Harper, 

Carthage. 
W.    H.    Sargent, 

Lynn  Center. 
Bengt    Anderson, 

Piper  City. 
John   Meikle, 
Piper   City. 
C.    E.    Breessie, 

Greenfield. 
Henry   Pruett, 
Whitehall. 
Fred  Baker, 

Ferris. 
Ernest    Mendenhall, 
Dallas  City. 
L.    Siegrist, 

Andover. 
William    Smith, 
Cambridge. 
Henry   C.    Kuster, 

Roberts. 

Whitehall. 

Pontoosuc. 

Galva. 

J.    S.    Keener, 

John    Blogan, 

Philip    Spory, 

H.    M.    Hawthorne, 

Loda. 

Carrollton. 

Suter. 

Kewanee. 

A.  Buchholz, 

L.    H.    Rafferty, 

John  W.   Barnaby, 

Wm.    Harsha, 

Mel  vin. 

Carrollton. 

Basco. 

Orion. 

P.    J.    Leenerman, 
Sibley. 
W.    H.    A.    Yersman, 
Gibson    City. 
E.    R.    Thornton 

GRUNDY 

H.   P.   Wicks, 
Seneca. 

Harry    Mekemson, 
Hamilton. 
Edward    Printy, 
Nauvoo. 
Oscar    Jones, 

Joe   Greenwood,    Jr., 
Hooppole. 

IROQUOIS 

Gibson  City. 

Harry   Hoge, 

Niota. 

J.    H.    Luebchow, 

R.   C.   Park, 

Morris. 

G.    E.    Bolt, 

Buckley. 

Albert  Patten, 

Mallard. 

Christ    Scheiwe, 

John   Parson 

Minooka. 

Frank    Buckert, 

Milford. 

Clarence. 

J.     F.     Stine, 
Morris. 

Warsaw. 
McKenzie    Newton, 

AVm.    Cleary, 
Ashkum. 

FULTON 

W.    S.    Miller, 

Nauvoo. 

Chas.    Winslow, 

Morris. 

Donovan. 

J.  E.  Drummond, 

D.    C.    Growley, 

HARDIN 

Wm.    Correll, 

Marietta. 

Seneca. 

W.    T.    Martin, 

Watseka. 

M.    Heffron, 

T.    J.    Higgins, 

Cave    In    Rock. 

George   M.    Brock, 

Havana. 

Morris. 

\Vm.    Drumm, 

Clifton. 

Ora    Abbott, 

Jerry   Plart, 

Karbers   Ridge. 

vLeroy    Stanley, 

Fiatt. 

Coal    City. 

Thomas    Cawsent, 

Iroquois. 

Harvey    Cluny, 

Fred    L.    Dlx, 

Elizabethtown. 

Tom   O'Neill, 

Havana. 

Verona. 

H.    B.    Riggs, 

Crescent   City. 

E.    L.    Boughman, 

W.    B.    Hadden, 

Cave    In    Rock. 

J.    M.   Janssen, 

Avon. 

Mazon. 

Danforth. 

Madison    Cleary, 

Henry    Glasgow, 

HENDERSON 

W.    T.    Moore, 

Lewistown. 

Gardner. 

Gilman. 

O.    U.    Holt, 

Edward   Pierard, 

A.    D.    Atkins, 

Peter  Coyer, 

Canton. 

Coal    City. 

Raritan. 

Hoopeston. 

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John   Duits, 

KANKAKEE 

JEFFERSON 

L.   M.    Schultz, 

Crescent   City. 
Anthony    Thilmony, 
Loda. 

Henry    Molthan, 
Grant    Park. 

Squire    Dycus, 
Ashley. 

Elizabeth. 
John    Marrley, 
Galena. 

Robert  E1.   Rogers, 
Wellington. 

A.    H.    Cyrier, 
Grant    Park. 

Max   Skortz, 
Shelter. 

Chas.    Yeager, 
Kent. 

John    W.    Schroeder, 

Vern   E.   Beedy, 

F.   F.   Bond, 

O.    H.    Hasley, 

Martinton. 

Manteno. 

Woodlawn. 

"Warren. 

E.  C.   Fish, 
Watseka. 

Louis    Lamarre, 
Manteno.' 

John    F.    Bradford, 
Mt.    Vernon. 

Henry  Appuhn, 
Galena. 

Ellsworth    Benner, 
Milford. 

Benj.    Stallcup, 
Momence. 

G.  C.  Black, 
Bonnie. 

P.  Murphy, 
Woodbine. 

John   Elliot, 

S.   B.    Croman, 

G.    W.    McKinney, 

Clifton. 

Momence. 

Texico. 

JASPER 

D.    R.    Dowell, 
Onarga. 

John   Haymond, 
Bourbonnais. 

H.    E.    Sandy, 
Bluford. 

M.  A.  Romack, 

Aug.    Ruebensam, 
Papineau. 

Fred   Goodknecht, 
Kankakee. 

L.   A.    Baldridge, 
Woodlawn. 

Newton. 
Ed   Monroney, 

Geo.    Kidel, 
Cissna   Park. 
George  Swartz, 
Wellington. 
Thomas   Hapenny, 
Onarga. 

A.   F.    Ruder, 
Essex. 
C.    E.    Gray, 
St.   Anne. 
Albert  Dummontelle, 
St.    Anne. 

William    Summers, 
Mt.    Vernon. 
Geo.    W.    Bean, 
Mt.   Vernon. 
James   Epperson, 
Bellerive. 

Yale. 
Marion  Kilgoe, 
Rose  Hill. 
John   Wilson, 
Jewett. 
D.   B.   Whitehurst, 

Scott    Mason, 
Sheldon. 
J.   R.   Frick, 
Stockland. 

C.    J.    Smith, 
Aroma  Park. 
Chas.   Rahn, 
Chebanse. 

Frank    Johnson, 
Bellerive. 
R.    J.    Adams, 
Bonnie. 

Wheeler. 
F.    E.    Drake, 
Winterrowd. 
Henry   C.   James, 

F.    L.    Mau, 

Charles    Duncan, 

Bogota. 

Herscher. 

Dix. 

G.   E.    Brothers, 

KNOX 

Geo.    McGinnis, 

N.    E.    Walker, 

West  Liberty. 

Reddick. 

Woodlawn. 

Jas.    R.    Clark, 

William    Beals, 
Galva. 

W.    C.    Burrell, 
Kankakee. 

John  W.  Been, 
Blu-ford. 

Ste.    Marie. 
R.   C.   Funkhouser, 

C.    L.    Youngdall, 
Altona. 

KANE 

JOHNSON 

Willow   Hill. 
Frank   Bailey, 

Gust  Peterson, 

Hunt. 

Oneida. 

J.    N.    Reckinger, 

Walter    Russell, 

Arthur    Robertson, 

Aurora. 

Goreville. 

JACKSON 

Rio. 
.1.    A.    Sandquist, 
Victoria. 
Frank  E.  Johnson, 
Altona. 
O.    S.    Olson, 

John   Nelson, 
Batavia. 
G.    S.    Dick, 
Big  Rock. 
A.    G.   Kent, 
Elburn. 

C.    M.    Davis, 
Buncombe. 
J.    C.    File, 
Cypress. 
J.    C.   Webb, 
Tunnel    Hill. 

L.    L.    Kinmel, 
Elkville. 
O.    H.    Porter, 
Vergennes. 
J.    T.    Hayes, 

Wataga. 
Eli   Hillagoss, 

John    Fathergill, 
Burlington. 

T.    G.    Taylor, 
Vienna. 

H.  W.   Underwood, 

Galesburg. 
W.    H.    Machin, 

Arthur   Bolcum, 
St.    Charles. 

O.    B.    Horriss, 
Vienna. 

Ava. 
A.   A.    McCord, 

Williamsfleld. 
Roy    L.    Stevens, 
Gilson. 
D.   K.   Courier, 
Knoxville. 
Geo.  Swedlund, 

John    E.    Boncosky, 
Dundee. 
Charles    H.    Burnidge, 
Elgin. 
A.    J.    Kautz, 
Geneva. 

John  Smith, 
Parker    City. 
W.    O.    Hardin, 
Simpson. 
T.   B.    Shelton, 
Grantsburg. 

De   Soto. 
John   Hines, 
Murphysboro. 
A.   B.    Harronff, 
Murphysboro. 
Ellis    McBride, 

Galesburg. 
John    Barrett, 

Ed  Ream, 
Hampshire. 

Jess    Casper, 
Belknap. 

John    Parks, 

Yates   City. 
Ben  Taylor, 
Gilson. 
W.   A.    Snyder, 
DeLong. 
John    McCracken, 

C.    D.    Ames, 
Kaneville. 
H.    J.    Rohrsen, 
Hampshire. 
Preston   Bellows, 
Gilberts. 

JO   DAVIESS 

F.    M.    Winons. 
Apple    River. 
Harry    Dixon, 

Floyd  Brown, 
Carbondale. 
W.   S.   Hinchcliff, 
Murphysboro. 
Quin    Sickler, 

Abingdon. 
Floren    Berger, 
Yates  City. 
N.    H.    McGirr, 
Maquon, 
Clark   Bonham, 

S.    W.    Clark, 
St.   Charles. 
S.    H.    Rollins, 
Sugar  Grove. 
Preston   A.    Keefe, 
Maple    Park. 

Mt.    Carroll. 
Thos.    H.   Temperly, 
Scales   Mound. 
J.    Sylvester  Liddle, 
East    Dubuque. 
Geo.    F.   Heer, 

Wm.    Walther, 
Jacob. 
Chas.    Oliver, 
Makanda. 
H.    H.    Inman, 

London  Mills. 
I.    T.    Perry, 
St.    Augustine. 

JERSEY 

Hanover. 
Jas.    M.    Dower, 
Galena. 

James  Hudson, 
Grand   Tower. 

Gus   Gray, 

Wm.  Allen, 

Jerseyville. 

Elizabeth. 

LAKE 

KENDALL 

Dean    Hickman, 

Louis   Werner, 

Frank  Dunn, 

Delhi. 

Scales    Mound. 

Antioch. 

Oliver   Dranir, 

Geo.    W.    Ruyle, 

Jas.    E1.    Craig, 

Geo.    P.    Renchan, 

Oswego. 

Kemper. 

Hanover. 

Round  Lake. 

Geo.    B.    Raymond, 

Wm.    H.    Ochler, 

Harman    Schonhoff, 

Chas.    Stickney, 

Briscoe. 

Delhi. 

East    Dubuque. 

Zion    City. 

Wm.    Erickson, 

Geo.    C.    Frazer, 

John    Mahoney, 

Wm.    Hobsin, 

Piano. 

Dow. 

Warren. 

Barrington. 

Alvin    Keelogg, 

W.    W.    Gearing, 

John    Block, 

John    Freberg, 

Yorkville. 

Crafton. 

Massbach. 

Highland  Park. 

J.   Widney, 

A.    J.    Dabbs, 

D.   L.   Norris, 

Fred  Grimm, 

Yorkville. 

Crafton. 

Galena. 

Lake   Zurich. 

J.    Sherman  Budd, 

Chas.    King, 

J.    B.    Schuler, 

Felix    O'Boyle, 

Willbrook. 

Fieldon. 

Galena. 

Fox  Lake. 

Geo.   Peterson, 

J.    K.    Cadwallader, 

L.    C.    Berryman, 

Geo.   McCredle, 

Winooka. 

McClusky. 

Stockton. 

Lake   Villa. 

Wm.    Barren, 

Henry    Harmon, 

R.   H.   Perry. 

E.    L.    Davis, 

Neward. 

Jerseyville. 

Scales   Mound. 

Libertyville. 

Wilks    S.    Widley, 

R.    H.    Bethel, 

Napoleon  Clay, 

Frank    Shea, 

Neward. 

Otterville. 

Stockton. 

Wadsworth. 

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Matt  Atkinson, 

LAWRENCE 

M.    H.    Ruddy, 

W.    F.    Broughton, 

Lake    Bluff. 

Blackstone. 

Mt.   Zion. 

Stanley    F.    Foote, 

B.    B.   Vance, 

Geo.    Holland, 

W.   H.   Erisman, 

Prairie    View. 

Vincennes,    Ind. 

Manville. 

Illiopolis. 

John   Thomas, 

Ben    Meddaugh, 

F.  A.   Hall, 

T.   F.   Wheeler, 

Libertyville. 

Bridgeport. 

Fairbury. 

Oakley. 

Wm.    Tonigan, 

C.   E.   Jones, 

David  Law, 

Henry   Botoner, 

Waukegan. 
A.    L.    Crabtree, 

Lawrenceville. 
Michael   Diebold, 

Fairbury. 
Frank    Kennedy, 

Blue   Mound. 
Henry   Kemmerly, 

Wauconda. 

Sumner. 

Pontiac. 

Macon. 

John    Coralon, 

Geo.    Gray, 

Wm.    Ringler, 

Edgar    M.    Hill, 

Deerfield. 

Lawrenceville. 

Strawn. 

Decatur. 

M.   C.  Wirty, 

Wm.    Philbert, 

Sam    Metz, 

F.    C.    Betzer, 

Area. 

Lawrenceville. 

Fairbury. 

Argenta. 

Geo.    Starkman, 

Geo.    E.    Noel, 

LA    SALLE 

Sumner. 

Saunemin. 

MACOUPIN 

E.    L.    Gray, 

Lincoln    Telford, 

Geo.    E.    Thompson, 

Sumner. 

Emington. 

W.    H.    Schultz, 

Leland. 

R.    C.    Alice, 

A.   B.   Terwillegar, 

Staunton. 

Oscar    Strobel, 

Birds. 

Dwight. 
Walter  Quinn, 

Chas.    Rademacher, 
Mt.    Olive. 

Ransom. 

LEE 

Strawn. 

Chas.    Anderson, 

George   Darby, 
Seneca. 

Martin    Hall, 

Wm.    Hanna, 
Chatsworth. 

Hornsby. 
C.   J.    Mitchell, 

Albert   Gay, 
Streator. 

L.    W.    Etttarf', 

T.    G.    Flessner, 
Charlotte. 

Carlinville. 
E.   J.   Mclntyre, 

Harry   DeBolt, 
Ottawa. 

Amboy. 
Clifford    Knapp, 

Wm.    Fraher, 
Cullom. 

Carlinville. 
Walter   Klaus, 

O.    A.    Hornung, 
Grand   Ridge. 
John    Weldon, 
La  Salle. 
John    J.    Quinn, 
Streator. 

Chas.   Wagner, 
Ashton. 
John    Fassig, 
W.    Brooklyn. 
Horace    Dysart, 
Franklin    Grove. 

Robb    Gaston, 
Emington. 
Geo.    Pritchard, 
Dwight. 
W.    B.    Doran, 
Dwight. 

Atwater. 
B.    T.   Jennings, 
Girard. 
J.    T.    Ebers, 
Virden. 
David   Kirkwood, 
Bunker   Hill. 

Wm.    Torman, 

James  Penny, 

LOGAN 

Frank    Drury, 

Earlsville. 

-LJixon. 

Gillespie. 

John    Schafer, 

Geo.    B.    Rogers, 

J.    W.    Birks. 

Wm.    Tolbert, 

Tonica. 
John    Kummer, 
Ottawa. 
H.    M.    Glazier, 
Grand    Ridge. 
Frank   E.    Rawling, 
Earlville. 
Frank    Kates, 
Grand  Ridge. 
P.    E.   Gray, 
Rutland. 
T.    E.    Philips, 
Lostant. 
Henry    Bierborn, 

Ohio. 
W.  E.  Hopkins, 
Walnut. 
F.    E.    Sueallwood, 
Harmon. 
Hiel    Brunson, 
W.   Brooklyn. 
Wm.    McCoy, 
Walton. 
Peter   McCollough, 
Sublette. 
Scott    Morris, 
Franklin  Grove. 
Thos.    F.    Drew, 
Dixon. 

Latham. 
Francis    Wilson, 
Latham. 
Fred   Gulso, 
Chestnut. 
Daniel    McDonald, 
Beason. 
John    A.    Cheek, 
Atlanta. 
B.    H.    Keck, 
Mt.   Pulaski. 
Peter    Sandel, 
Lincoln. 
D.  E.  Curry, 
Lincoln. 

Carlinville. 
Herman  Lehmann, 
Carlinville. 
Albert   F.   Lott, 
Carlinville. 
Walter  Rees, 
Girard. 
A.    H.    Mercer, 
Bunker   Hill. 
T.    J.    Kelley, 
Plainview. 
John   Meyers, 
Chesterfield. 
T.    E.    Joiner, 
Hettick 

La    Salle. 
W.    E.    Bosworth, 
Marseilles. 
William    Schmitz, 
Mendota. 
Otto  Kaminky, 
Earlville. 
C.  T.   Hougas, 
Seneca. 
Carl   Jacobson, 
Sheridan. 
Frank   Bolden, 
Sheridan. 
S.  C.  Davis, 

Martin    H.    Lenox, 
Dixon. 
J.    M.   Nealis, 
Steward. 
F.     R.     Fuestman, 
Dixon. 
John  R.   Oester, 
Sublette. 
Frank   Krauer, 
W.   Brooklyn. 
H.    L.    Rhoads, 
Compton. 
Phil    Niebergall, 
Pawpaw. 

J.   C.  Hawes, 
Atlanta. 
C.    E.    Sherbondy, 
Elkhart. 
John    Hanahan, 
Broadwell. 
Louis   Baker, 
Lincoln. 
Elmer    Musgrove, 
Hartsburg. 
Peter   Lucas, 
Elkhart. 
G.    L.    Ogilvie, 
Middletown. 

.W.   E.    Ritchie, 
Palmyra. 
Albert  Ross, 
Palmyra. 
C.   C.   Schmidt, 
Brighton. 
Robert    McCormick, 
Shipman. 
Jas.    W.    Hall, 
Chesterfield. 
Geo.    Holmes, 
Greenfield. 
Wm.    Finney, 
Greenfield. 

Mendota. 
Geo.    S.   Miller, 
Ancona. 

LIVINGSTON 

Chas.    H.    Lohrenz, 
New    Holland. 
Edgar  Woll, 

J.    S.    Hart, 
Scottville. 

Michael    Kerrigan, 

John    Hanson, 

San   Jose. 

MADISON 

Ottawa. 

Flanagan. 

Henry   Benckendorf, 

F.    S.    Cookhill, 

MACON 

F.   W.    Brummworth, 

Streator. 

Fairbury. 

Alhambra. 

Louis   Leittl, 

John  Wolf, 

W.   B.   Montgomery, 

Edw.    Kleppisch, 

Peru. 

Odell. 

Maroa. 

Collinsville. 

James  Adamson, 

Hiram    Fortna, 

O.    B.    Jennings, 

Len    Southard, 

Tonica. 

Forrest. 

Boody. 

Mitchell. 

Geo.    M.   Finkle, 
Marseilles. 

Aaron   Forney, 
Graymont. 

A.    J.   Conover, 
Decatur. 

Argalus   Stubbs, 
Edwardsville. 

C.    A.    Bernard, 

Louis  Gibbs, 

Fred    Heinle, 

Wm.    Whyers, 

Serena. 

Gridley. 

Argenta. 

Upper  Alton. 

Robert    F.    Heth, 

Wm.   Louden, 

J.   G.   Leonard, 

Henrv  Weisemann, 

Ottawa. 

Long    Point. 

Decatur. 

Edwardsville. 

Ira    Geft, 

L.    C.    Brinkman, 

W.   H.  Weaver, 

Dwight    Roberts, 

Troy   Grove. 

Graymont. 

Decatur. 

Godfrey. 

Edward    Flynn, 

Chanuncey   Street, 

J.   A.    Brown, 

Louis   Monken, 

Utica. 

Pontiac. 

Warrensburg. 

Highland. 

John   Bodnum, 

Gunder    Mitchell, 

G.    E.    Florey, 

Joe   Schafer, 

Tonica. 

Rowe. 

Casner. 

Edwardsville. 

William    Murray, 

Arch    Winters, 

R.    L.    Moyer, 

John   Schmidt, 

Ottawa. 

Cornell. 

Maroa. 

Troy. 

John    A.    Hanley, 

H.    M.    Reed, 

L.    B.    Dlckson, 

Jacob    Raeber, 

Utica. 

Pontiac. 

Dalton    City. 

Grantfork. 

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TOWNSHIP  HIGHWAY  COMMISSIONERS  IN  ILLINOIS  (Continued) 


H.   L.    Gottenstrader, 
Marine. 

Arthur   Gillmore, 
Manito. 

F.    W.    Hartman, 
Ridgeneld. 

J.   W.    Honghton, 
Petersburg. 

Henry    Emde, 
Moro. 

Ed  Horn, 
Easton. 

O.    Havang, 
Woodstock. 

Robt.   Armstrong, 
'Petersburg. 

Geo.    Bauer, 

John  Flaharty, 

D.    M.   Weter, 

New    Douglas. 

Saidora. 

Hebron. 

MERCER 

F.   H.   Strackeljohn, 
Granite  City. 
Wm.    Salter, 

L.    H.    Menke, 
Havana. 
Ed    Ewers, 

Henry  Vogel, 
Richmond. 
Howard    Siedschlag, 

Roy  E.   Shover, 
North  Henderson. 
O.    E.    Eustrom, 

Alhambra. 

Mason    City. 

Spring   Grove. 

New   Windsor. 

Christ    Bunte, 

Clyde  Wallace, 

John    Boyle, 

Chas.    Clark, 

Worden. 

Kilbourne. 

McHenry. 

Sherrard. 

Henry   Schlemer, 

G.   W.  Scarcliff, 

John    Pierson, 

Roy   E.   Campbell, 

Edwardsville. 

Manito. 

Crystal    Lake. 

Norwood. 

Nick   Raeber, 

Chas.    Roll, 

Ed  Wallace, 

J.   B.   Fender, 

Highland. 

Mason  City. 

Gary  Station. 

Viola. 

Jacob    Hug, 

Herman  Boeck, 

Jas.    Carver, 

St.    Jacobs. 

Mason   City. 

McLEAN 

Pre-emption. 

A.   A.   Berger, 
Granite   City. 
Hei    Helens, 
East  Alton. 

John    McCarty, 
Havana. 
Del    Heater, 
Easton. 

E.    I.    Gardner, 
Heyworth. 
James   G.    Anderson, 

Wilber    Peters, 
Aledo. 
J.    D.    Fender, 
Aledo. 

MARION 

MASSAC 

Chas.     H.     Disher, 

Geo.    Albertson, 
Aledo. 

E     A     Miller 

Orville    Henry, 

C.   E     Rainey, 

A.   Windl(>, 

Seaton. 

Alma. 
Frank   Harker, 
Odin. 
W.    E.   Shaw, 
Walnut  Hill. 
A.    D.    Nichols, 

Unionville. 
Chas.    Speck, 
New    Columbia. 
Ed.   J-iambert, 
Joppa. 
II.    C.     Williams, 

Alonzo    Flesher, 
Lexington. 
A.    C.    Gerling, 
Bloomington. 
Homer   Caton, 
Standford. 

Frank   Haas, 
Millersburg. 
Ira   E.    Green, 
Aledo. 
Cecil   ClarK, 
Keithsburg. 

Alma. 
Orville  Gaston, 
Carter. 
Sam   Barksdale, 

Metropolis. 
Will    Reed. 
Metropolis. 

Wm.    Hunter, 
Saybrook. 
Chas.   Paxton, 

J.    F.    Mattson, 
New    Boston. 
John   Hallman, 
Muscatine. 

luka. 
W.  C.   Soldner, 
Kinmundy. 
Marion    Shaefer, 
Kinmundy. 
Lee  Southword, 

McDONOUGH 

W.    S.    Heaton, 
Vermont. 
Wm.    Hutchins, 
Bushnell. 

Chas.    E.    Dance, 
Ellsworth. 
Olio   Prahm, 
Barnes. 
Stephen   C.    Wheeler, 
Covel. 

MONROE 
Joseph   Huber, 
New    Athens. 
Frank   Einwich, 
Waterloo. 

luka. 
Geo.   Jett, 
Odin. 
J.   J.    Blankenship, 
Patoka. 
J.    M.    Morneet, 
Dix. 
H.    D.    Meader, 
luka. 
Geo.   W.   Williams, 
Salem. 
W.    F.    Schaffnit, 
Sandoval. 
J.   E.    Boynton, 
Salem. 
C.    A.    Donoho, 
Tonti. 

James    Derry, 
Adair. 
Charles  McElvain, 
Bushnell. 
C.    H.   Kreider, 
Prairie    City. 
Luther   Fowler, 
Industry. 
Hudson  Crabb, 
Macomb. 
W.   C.   Sanders, 
Good    Hope. 
Hugh    Stoneking, 
Birmingham. 
Frank    Bonn, 
Macomb. 
Rial    Irish, 

A.    J.   Abrams, 
Hudson. 
Chas.   Straul, 
Normal. 
E.   F.   Mitchell, 
Lexington. 
J.   W.  Rozhart, 
Chenoa. 
J.   M.    Reynolds, 
Colfax. 
H.    H.    Thedens, 
Anchor. 
Geo.    W.   Van   Ness, 
McLean. 
John    Fitzgerald, 
Cooksville. 
Lee    Fuller 

Ralph     Reid, 
Red   Bud. 
Adam    Bran, 
Waterloo. 
Charles   Leiser, 
Columbia. 
Gerhardt    Bovvin, 
Waterloo. 
Fred    Johanning, 
Waterloo. 
Joseph    Krebel, 
Prairie  du   Rocher. 
Fred   Reichmann, 
Valmeyer. 
Gus    Ripplemeyer, 
Valmeyer. 

MARSHAL,!, 

T.    I,.    Davis, 
Toluca. 
C.    A.   Axline, 
Wenona. 
Gus   Bade, 
Varna. 

Colchester. 
Phillip    L-evvis, 
Macomb. 
L.    E.    Smith, 
Sciota. 
Randolph   Kennedy, 
Plymouth. 
Harry   Dorothy, 
Tennessee. 

LeRoy. 
Gilbert    Reeves, 
Gridley. 
Oren    Orendortt, 
Bloomington. 
T.    A.    Campbell, 
Bellflower, 
Samuel    Stavbus, 
Danvers. 

MONTGOMERY 

John  Peiper, 
Rosamond. 
John   Charney, 
Farmersville. 
John   A.   Wallis, 
Butler. 
W.   T.  Roberts, 

B.    S.    Harper, 
LaRose. 
Ed   M.   Owen, 

Clinton    Parish, 
Colchester. 
G.   P.    Whittaker, 

J.   C.   Casey, 
Heyworth. 
D.    H.   Kent, 

Coffeen. 
Amos   Snooks, 
Fillmore. 

Wilburn. 
Glenn    Strawn, 
Lacon. 

Blandinsville. 
McHENRY 

Cropsey. 
Henry  Knapple, 
Danvers. 

W.    W.    Root, 
Panama. 
James  A.   Sanders, 

W.    H.    Bell, 
Henry. 

Harry  Dunbar, 

Henry  Meyers, 
Colfax 

Harvel. 
Chas.     Tenison, 

John    Hanley, 
Lacon. 

Marengo. 
B.    R.    Olcott, 

J.    J.    Stack, 

Hillsboro. 
C.    A.    Grantham, 

Richard    Hays, 

Marengo. 

• 

Irving. 

Sparland. 
Wm.    Daniels, 

Thomas    Green, 
Harvard. 

MENARD 

Jesse    R.    Gipson, 
Nokomis. 

Henry. 

E.   F.  Comwell, 

Wm.    A.    Banister, 

Robert    Roberson, 

Chas.    Salisbury, 

Harvard. 

Fancy   Prairie. 

Litchfield. 

Henry. 

E.   C.    Hammond, 

Geo.    Winterbaner, 

Frank    Baker, 

L.    E.    Root, 

Alden. 

Fancy   Prairie. 

Waggoner. 

Edelstein. 

C.    R.    Cooney, 

James  M.   Edwards, 

Ira    Doyle, 

Woodstock. 

Greenview. 

Raymond. 

MASON 

Henry   A.   Russel, 

W.    D.    Power, 

Henry  Theen, 

Marengo. 

Athens. 

Nokomis. 

H.    Wetzel, 

Chris   Fritz, 

J.    C.    Page, 

James    H.    Ryan, 

San   Jose. 

Union. 

Atterberry. 

Litchfield. 

J.     H.     Keith, 

John   F.   Weltzien, 

R.   V.    Stowell, 

Louis    Neiman, 

Bath. 

Huntley. 

Petersburg. 

Walshville. 

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ILLINOIS  HIGHWAY  IMPROVEMENT  BLUEBOOK 
TOWNSHIP  HIGHWAY  COMMISSIONERS  IN  ILLINOIS  (Continued) 


C.    L.    Armentrout, 

Robert   Seal, 

M.    F.    McMillen, 

R.   E.    Cunningham, 

Irving. 

Byron. 

Deland. 

Mound. 

Willis  Corlew, 

Geo.    Zimmerman, 

Wm.    Vanderwort, 

W.    H.   Aldred, 

Raymond. 

Davis    Junction. 

Mansfield. 

Pulaski. 

Fred  Ertmoed, 

W.    L.    Alexander, 

Jas.   Kelley, 

MORGAN 

Oregon. 

White     Heath. 

Ullin. 

John   M.   Slice 

Allen  Reints, 

N.  L.   Langston, 

Kings. 

PIKE 

Wetaug. 

W.    W.    Young, 
Litterberry. 

John   F.   Beck, 
Woosong. 

W.   A.   Reathaford, 
Chambersburg. 

Sim   Taylor, 
Olmsted. 

Douglas    Turley, 
Jacksonville. 

PEORIA 

C.    E.     Mullins. 
Valley  City. 

PUTNAM 

Geo.    W.    Nortrup, 

W.    H.    Erford, 

Thomas  Wade, 

W.   L.   Bumgarner, 

Chapin. 

Trivoli. 

Florence. 

McNabb. 

('has.    Schlieker, 

W.    I.    Saunders, 

Allen    Johnston, 

?.fatt    Hansen, 

Meredosia. 

Elmwood. 

Pearl. 

Hennepin. 

A.   W.   Jewsbury, 

Thos.  A.  Day, 

John   Grieve, 

A.    J.    Sherman, 

Jacksonville. 

Brimfield. 

Perry. 

Granville 

John    W.    McDonald, 

Fred  Jones, 

Williard    Nesbit, 

C.    O.    Read, 

Jacksonville. 

Laura. 

Grlggsville. 

Putnam. 

John   Snyder, 

Frank    Baker, 

Charles    Manker, 

Alexander. 

Glasford. 

Pittsfield. 

RANDOLPH 

Wm.   Rees, 
Franklin. 

T.   C.   Brooks, 
Glasford. 

L.    L.    Cuningham, 
Nebo. 

S.    A.    Hemphill, 
Coulterville. 

John    Wilkson, 
Woodson. 

John   May, 
Hanna  City. 

Neal    Sutton, 
Nebo. 

W.   J.    Montgomery, 
Sparta. 

S.   B.  Jones, 

Chas.    Witherall, 

J.    A.    Gleckler, 

John    Uffelmann 

Murrayville. 

Prlnceville. 

Baylis. 

Steeleville.  ' 

Marion    D.    Spires, 

John    Buchanan, 

W.    A.    Moore, 

Herman    Huch 

Franklin. 

Princeville. 

Baylis. 

F.   G.   Jolly, 
Waverly. 

Peter    McNeil, 
Mapleton. 

J.    P.    Ducey, 
Pittsfield. 

James    Hutchison, 
Houston. 

W.    F.    Lane, 

Alonzo    Lyman, 

Herbert    Beattie, 

MOULTRIE 

Peoria. 

Pittsfleld. 

Schuline. 

J.    E.    McKown, 
Sullivan. 
H.    M.    Duvall, 
Lovington. 
Walter   Jones, 
Arthur. 
T.   J.   Stapleton, 
Lake  City. 
Geo.    McLaughlin, 
Bethany. 
Farley   Young, 
Allenville. 

S.    A.    D.    Burdott, 
Peoria. 
Henry    Graze, 
Dunlap. 
John    Oertley, 
Princeville. 
James    Eaton, 
Ayres    Ave., 
Peoria. 
Robert    Wilson. 
Peoria. 
L.    M.    Holmes, 

T.    P.    Johnson, 
Rockport. 
George   C.    Rusk, 
Barry. 
Joseph   Losch, 
El    Dara. 
Henry  Daniels, 
Rockport. 
Anton    Smith, 
Rockport. 
John    Bonnifield, 
Barry. 

Henry   p.    Bockhorn, 
Chester. 
Rudolph    Zang, 
Chester. 
David   Ohms, 
Evansville. 
James  F.  Horgis, 
Fort    Gage. 
Wm.    Busche, 
Red    Bud. 
Anton   Wiegard, 
Modoc. 

Ira  Ballard, 
Sullivan. 
G.   C.  Garrett, 
Gays. 

OGLE 

Mossville. 
A.    H.    Bristol, 
Chillicothe. 
Fred    Secton, 
Chillicothe. 
S.    W.    Eckley, 

Clarence    Dolbeare, 
New    Canton. 
George    Wasson, 
Hull. 
Carl    Gunlock, 
New    Canton. 

Fred   J.    Wierchem, 
Prairie  Du  Rocher. 
Henry   Kriete, 
St.    Marys,    Mo. 
Norris    McBride, 
Baldwin. 

William  Paul, 
Brookville. 

Com.   Public   \Voi 
Peoria. 

•Us,  >T.    H.    Peters, 
Hull. 

W.    H.    Leming, 
Baldwin. 

Benj.   W.    Good, 

Joseph    Horrell, 

Polo. 

PERRY 

POPE 

Evansville. 

Wm.   H.   Dillon, 

Fred    Corgan, 

Chas.    Holloman, 

W.    C.    Moore, 

Byron. 

Tamaroa. 

Lusk. 

Percy. 

Chas.    S.    Pegg, 

Wm.    Pierce. 

Jack  Trammel, 

August    Reichmann, 

Creston. 

Tamaroa. 

Eddyville. 

Chester. 

Elmer    Case, 

Hugh    Norris, 

Vern  Broadway, 

Polo. 

Duquoin. 

Raum. 

RICHLAND 

W.    P.    Graham. 

Mox    Nehring, 

Milo  Landerdale, 

Henry    Greider, 

Rochelle. 

Tamaroa. 

Golconda. 

Claremont. 

Henry   Prey, 

Henry    Uhles, 

Thomas  Landerdale, 

J.    N.    Cawley, 

Forreston. 

Pinckneyville. 

Golconda. 

Dundas. 

Daniel   Wakenight, 

Henry    House, 

Frank   J.    Werner, 

W.  H.   Smith, 

Dixon. 

Pinckneyville. 

Golconda. 

Noble. 

Charles    Hunt, 

Nich    Gill, 

James    Pryer, 

Wm.    Nood, 

Ashton. 

Pinckneyville. 

New  Liberty. 

Noble. 

Chester   G.    Pyper, 

Otto    Young, 

Ernest   Walter, 

E.    A.    Philip, 

Leaf   River. 

Pinckneyvillo. 

Eddyville. 

Olney. 

D.    M.    Delhi, 

Reuben    Cottam, 

John    Lawrence, 

J.    C.    Martin, 

Forreston. 

Cutler. 

McCormick. 

Claremont. 

William    Somers, 

Hugh    McGill, 

D.    W.    Smith, 

C.    D.   Preston, 

Lindenwood. 

Sandwich. 

Golconda. 

Calhoun. 

Sam   Carmichael, 

R.    H.    Fulton, 

Joseph   Buchanan, 

A.   C.   Brown, 

Stillman    Valley. 

Pinckneyville. 

Eddyville. 

Olna. 

Geo.    Stukenburg, 
Forreston. 

J.,C.   Behnkes, 
Willlsville. 

PULASKI 

J.    H.    Anderson, 
Noble. 

Geo.    H.    Crill, 
Monroe   Center. 

PIATT 

James    Bonner, 
Villa    Ridge. 

ROCK   ISLAND 

C.    F.    Tice, 

Thos.    J.    Martin, 

J.    O.    Essex, 

Jesse    W.    Reynolds, 

Mt.    Morris. 

Monticello. 

Pulaski. 

Cordova. 

John    Conway, 

Otis   Wiggins, 

Henry    Hoffner, 

Fred    Fillmer, 

Oregon. 

Bement. 

Wetaug. 

Hillsdale. 

Geo.    W.    Fisher, 

Geo.  B.  Lawrence, 

H.    R.    Barber, 

N.    B.    Marshall, 

Oregon. 

Lintner. 

Grand  Chain. 

Hillsdale. 

Wm.    H.    Powell, 

Elmer   Eskridge, 

W.  C.   Mason, 

Alfred   Mead, 

Polo. 

Hammond. 

America. 

Port    Byron. 

Charles   Dailey, 

Chas.    Doane, 

W.    H.    Ashbaugh, 

Charles  Samuelson, 

Chana. 

Cisco. 

Mound    City. 

Port  Byron. 

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ILLINOIS  HIGHWAY  IMPROVEMENT  BLUEBOOK 
TOWNSHIP  HIGHWAY  COMMISSIONERS  IN  ILLINOIS  (Continued) 


Peter  W.   Kelly, 

S.   B.    Padfield, 

Charles  Slagle, 

Harry   Royes, 

1421  —  18th    St., 

Summerfield. 

Winchester. 

Lena. 

East     Moline. 

Fred  W.   Wasem, 

Bert   Chrisman, 

John    Snyder. 

Henry    Raithel, 

Lenzburg. 

Merritt. 

McConnell. 

30th    Street    Road, 

Geo.    Pflasterer, 

Stonewall   J.   Sawyers, 

H.   C.    Bolender, 

Rock   Island. 

Marissa. 

Bluffs. 

Cedarville. 

T.   W.   Matthews, 

Nicholas  Friederich, 

Fred    Fluegel, 

Milan. 

Mascoutah. 

SHELBY 

Dakota. 

William   Woolley,    Sr., 

Jacob    Eckert, 

J.   J.   Schaefer, 

Coal    Valley. 

Millstadt. 

Ed    Morgan 

Rock    Grove. 

W.    W.    Wilson, 
Orion. 
Win.    J.    Hutchinson, 
Milan. 

Aug.    Schlueter, 
Freeburg. 
Edward    Hobein, 
O'Fallon. 

J.    F.    Bennett, 
Herrick. 
Hodge    Gutherle, 

John    A.    Bridge, 
Orangeville. 
Wm.    Steer, 
Winslow. 

Adolph  Dunlap,  Sr., 
Taylor    Ridge. 

Fred   Stenzel, 
New   Athens. 

Wm.    G.   Schock, 

T  ,-.,.,«_       TT  j  1  , 

TAKE  WELL 

Albert    Guyer, 
Milan. 
Elmer  France. 
Illinois   City. 
W.   L.   McGreer, 

Edward   Renois, 
O'Fallon. 
William    P.    Kuntz, 
Smithton. 
Wm.    B.    Boul, 

o\\  er    mi  i. 
Mathias    Maurer, 
Tower   Hill. 
Frank   Hartman, 
Assumption. 

William    Curits, 
Delavan. 
John   Ripper, 
Pekin. 

Muscatine,    la. 

SANGAMON 

Samuel   Day, 
Springfield. 
T.    J.    Klrby, 
Illiopolis. 
J.   T.   Hensey, 
New    Berlin. 
Harry  E.   Pickrell, 
Lanesville. 
A.    H.    Hughes. 
Loaml. 
John    Reynolds, 
Loami. 
P.    L.    Hall. 
Mechanicsburg. 
August    Kumle, 
New   Berlin. 
W.  T.   Scott, 

Belleville. 
Peter   Vogt, 
Belleville. 
John    F.   Adelsberger, 
Dupo. 

SALINE 
Henrv   Hicks, 
Galatia. 
W.    A.    Cowger, 
Galatia. 
Calvin    Gogue, 
Galatia. 
A.    J.    Handcock, 
Carrier    Mills. 
James  Middleton, 
Stonefort. 
Ray   Baker, 
Eldorado. 
John    P.    Wesley, 
Raleigh. 

Jno.  L.  Hewer, 
Moweaqua. 
Dudley   Count, 
Cowden. 
Fred    Wakefield, 
Lakewood. 
E.   A.  Schwenker, 
Shelbyville. 
A.   L.    Henry, 
Shelbyville. 
John  Folly, 
Moweaqua. 
E.    R.    Harper. 
Moweaqua. 
Bert  Lewis, 
Mode. 
D.   E.   Elliott, 
Shelbyville. 
C.  S.  Welch, 
Flndlay. 
J.    R.    Snapp, 
Findlay. 

Joe   Bolliger, 
Deer   Creek. 
Elmer    Mitchell, 
Delavan. 
Jacob    Eicher, 
Tremont. 
John  Schleder, 
Pekin. 
Casper    Hulse, 
Washington. 
Samuel    Huette, 
Peoria. 
W.    E.    Darnall, 
Armington. 
William   Thornton, 
Hopedale. 
Joseph    Hodel, 
Minier. 
Clyde    Wood  rum, 
Mackinaw. 
J.    J.    Schilpp. 
Delavan. 

Pawnee. 
Milton    Green, 
Rochester. 
A.    T.    Miller, 
Farmingdale. 
W.    H.    West, 
Auburn. 
P.   S.   Miller, 
Toronto. 
C.   J.  Mulcahey, 
Buffalo   Hart. 
William    McCubbin, 
Pleasant   Plains. 

C.  S.  Wills. 
Harrisburg. 
John    Reed, 
Mitchellsville. 
J.    N.    Young, 
Eldorado. 
E.    E.    Bramlet, 
Eldorado. 
J.    M.    Bourland, 
Equality. 
D.   M.   Hull, 
Eagle. 

A.    H.    Storm, 
Windsor. 
J.    W.    Small, 
Strasburg. 
W.    R.    Williams, 
Strasburg. 
Henry   Boldt, 
Trowbridge. 
Jno.  L.   Storm, 
Neoga. 
Henrv  Fromme, 
Sigel. 

W.    L.    Strunk, 
Morton. 
Adolph  Nierstheiiner,   Jr. 
Pekin. 
D.    S.    Fisher, 
Green    Valley. 
C.   F.   Hermann, 
Manito. 
David   Plattner, 
Tremont. 
LeRoy    Smith, 
Washington. 

John   Lowe, 
Chatham. 

SCHUYLER 

STARK 

UNION 

Charles    A.    Werner, 

P>ank    Lambert, 

John    Dunne, 

Monroe   Landis, 

Springfield. 
George   F.    Fling, 
Custer. 
Charles    Finley, 
Rochester. 
T.  O.  Davis. 

Rushville. 
Jno.    F.    Snyder, 
Littleton. 
J.    R.    Higgins. 
Birmingham. 
Wm.    Allen, 

Bradford. 
H.   L.   Lead  ley, 
Wyoming. 
Herschel     Hollis, 
Wyoming. 
Glenn  Beall, 

Tick   Creek. 
John   Elam, 
Dongola. 
Thomas    Beggs. 
Dongola. 
Geo.    Gurley, 

Curran. 

Birmingham. 

Tonlon. 

Cobden. 

W.   O'Keefe, 

Geo.    Eifert, 

Wm.   McGuire, 

S.    E.    Coonce, 

Glenarm. 

Huntsville. 

Tonlon. 

Anna. 

M.  Conboy, 

Casper    Katzenberger, 

Frank    Riggins, 

Chas.    Bamhart, 

Cantrall. 

Camden. 

Neponset. 

Anna. 

George  W.   Sponsler 
Springfield. 
D.   A.  Brian, 

Chas.    Eifert, 
Rushville. 
Volney    Sanford, 

C.   F.   Catton, 
Tonlon. 
F.    E.    Winans, 

A.    B.    Cauble, 
Alto    Pass. 
Harry    Morgan, 

Lowder. 

Rushville 

Lafayette. 

Jonesboro. 

L.    B.    Claypool, 
Buffalo  Hart. 

C.    W.    Fowler, 
Baden. 

STEPHENSON 

Geo.    Morgan, 
Jonesboro. 

Lon    Moore, 
Springfield. 

ST.   CLAIR 

C.   C.  'Mees, 
Caseyville. 
Frank    Comment. 
Edgemont     Sta., 
East    St.    Louis. 
Jos.    Cookgon, 
Centerville    Sta. 
John    G.    Hoff, 
Masnoutah. 
Anton    Sandheinrich, 
St.    Liborv. 
H.    Aug.    Fritz, 
Freeburg. 

James   F.    Kelly, 
Sheldons  Grove. 
Herman    Rebman 
Frederick. 
Chas.  B.  Ward, 
Frederick. 
John   Clark, 
Rushville. 

SCOTT 
Joseph   Gelger, 
Manchester. 
Oscar  Seillebrew, 
Glasgow. 
W.    E.    Overton, 
Winchester. 
Thos.    Hamilton, 
Winchester. 

Frank    Mcllhattan, 
Pearl    Citv. 
D.    L.    Mitchell; 
Pearl    City. 
Henry  Ruthe, 
Freeport. 
John   Gitz, 
Freeport. 
Wm.    Shockey, 
Ridott. 
Tom    Fawver, 
Ridott. 
Erwin    Richards, 
Lena. 
J.    I.    Wilfong, 
Eleroy. 
Wm.    Coomber, 
Kent. 

VERMILION 
Rob   White, 
Jamesburg. 
James    M.    Shaw, 
Rankin. 
James   I.    Sun  dusky, 
Catlin. 
W.   W.   Gibbs, 
Indianola. 
Paul    Atherton, 
Danville. 
Wm.    Henderson, 
Ridgefarm. 
Wm.    A.    Cooper, 
Hoopston. 
Peter    Glodkowski, 
Westville. 

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Joseph  Warters, 

F.   G.    Moeller, 

F.   E.   Fox, 

C.    M.    Rogers, 

Jamaica. 

Nashville. 

Tampico. 

Marion. 

Russell  Rook, 

Chas.    Bailey, 

John  Gaffey, 

Monroe    Beevs, 

Ridgefarm. 

Oakdale. 

Rock   Falls. 

Crab  Orchard. 

Harrison    King, 

F.    W.    Weeks, 

Richard  Onken, 

Hiram    Yewell, 

Georgetown. 

Okawville. 

Sterling. 

Carterville. 

E.   L.   Hunt, 

Edward    Grote, 

Frank   Bushman, 

Herbert   Wilson, 

Potomac. 

Oakdale. 

Coleta. 

Marion. 

J.    W.    Justice, 

Emil  H.  Helms, 

Chas.    Kennedy, 

Oliver    Travelsteud, 

Danville. 

Nashville. 

Morrison. 

Marion. 

J.    A.    Saults, 

George    F.    Reed, 

Wm.    Coonley, 

Wm.    E.    Swan. 

Oakwood. 

Richview. 

Morrison. 

Carrier    Millo. 

G.    F.    Davis, 

Henry  Adderholt, 

Clark  McDeonnon, 

Sam   Watkins, 

Collison. 

Venedy. 

Lyndon. 

Makanda. 

Carl   Claypool, 

John   Johnson, 

Zack    Hudgens, 

Rossville. 

WAYNE 

Prophetstown. 

Hudgens. 

John    Green, 

H.    J.    Fatherll, 

Robt.    F.    Besse, 

Aud   Marks, 

Sidell. 

Xenia. 

Prophetstown. 

Marion. 

H.   A.    Sullivan, 

P.   C.   Keen, 

Wm.   Mason, 

Tom    Radford, 

Fairmount. 

Orchardville. 

Morrison. 

Creal   Springs. 

Paul   Wilner, 

Otto   Miller, 

WABASH 

Johnsonville. 

Morrison. 

WINNEBAGO 

C.    W.    Boyles, 
Allendale. 
John  A.   Stolz, 
Lancaster. 
L.   E.   Croft, 
Belmont. 
John    S.    Bruce, 
Keensburg. 
C.    M.    Crum 

Wm.  Cunningham, 
Rinard. 
G.    L.    Brach, 
Cisne. 
Eli    Kibble, 
Cisne. 
Elwell   Holman, 
Cisne. 
J.   W.   Williby, 

J.    D.    McKee, 
Morris. 
Geo.   Kolk, 
Fulton. 
Harry  Buttler, 
Fulton. 
Carl   Horn, 
Erie. 
Robt.    L.    James, 

Thomas  J.   Reardon, 
Winnebago. 
J.   X,.    Shirley. 
Cherry  Valley. 
Edward    Damon, 
Durand. 
Charles   Holmes, 
Rockford. 

Friends'ville. 
Peter  Epler, 

Mt.   Erie. 
H.    A.    Wolf, 
Wayne   City. 

Erie. 
W.    C.    Vannest, 
Albany. 

Henry  Key, 
Rockford. 
S.   L.   McMahon, 

Robert   Woolard, 
Mt.    Carmel. 

L.    D.    Henderson, 
Jefferson  vi  lie. 

WILL 

Durand. 
George    Eicker, 

F.    M.    Taylor, 

\V"m.  McGratli 

Durand. 

WARREN 

Fairfleld. 
Loren   Marion, 

Manhattan. 

Art   Johnson, 
Pecatonica. 

Olof   Olson, 
Avon. 
John    M.    Evving, 
Berwick. 
J.    M.   Mellican, 
Cameron. 
Edward   Hanson, 
Monmouth. 
Harry    H.    Adcock, 
Galesburg. 
E.   A.    Cunningham, 
Roseville. 
H.    S.    Malcolm, 
Roseville. 

Fairfleld. 
A.   J.   Whitacre, 
Golden  Gale. 
Marion   Shook, 
Keens. 
Thos.    Davis, 
Wayne    City. 
J.    Cunningham, 
Fairfield. 
W.   T.    Zimmerman, 
Fairfield. 
Paul   Rider, 
Fairfield. 
N.   J.   Puckett, 

Monee. 
Ernest    Oram, 
New    Lenox. 
Christ  Felton, 
Peotone. 
W.   T.  Spangler, 
Plainfield. 
Wm.    Higgins, 
Braidwood. 
Wm.    Seil, 
Joliet. 
Wm.    Buhr, 
Beecher. 
Earl  M.  Bell, 

Lester    D.    Brown, 
Rockford. 
Thos.    G.    Levings, 
Rockford. 
C.    F.    Clover, 
Rockton. 
Reed    Dilenbeck, 
Roscoe. 
S.   P.   Halsey, 
Seward. 
Chati.    Sharp, 
Shirland. 
William   Masch, 
Winnebago. 

S.    K.    Weakley, 
Cameron. 
C.    M.    Borford. 

Barnhill. 
Frank   Gill, 
Golden   Gate. 

Ritchie. 
Cyrus   I.    Stark, 
Plainfleld. 

WOODFORD 

Monmouth. 

Thomas   Tong, 

Bert   Ridge, 

W.   J.   Miller, 

WHITE 

Peotone. 

Minonk. 

Gerlan. 

Gus   Huffer, 

John   J.    Dempsey 

Albert   Hess, 

R.   A.    Daves, 

Springerton. 

Joliet. 

Benson. 

Roseville. 

J.   P.   Dartt, 

Gust    Scheive, 

Wm.    Kolb,    Sr., 

Tanlor   Johnson 

Enfleld. 

Crete. 

Roanoke. 

Smithshire. 

J.    R.    Lasater, 

B.    T.    Yeates, 

H.   W.   Packard, 

Sam   Murray, 

Norris  City. 

Custer  Park. 

Washburn. 

Kirkwood. 

Theodore    Funkhouser, 

Peter   Schultz, 

Albert   Kirch  gessner, 

John    M.    Lee, 

Burnt   Prairie. 

Lemont. 

Low  Point. 

Monmouth. 

R.    A.    Maier, 

Lancelot   Jackson, 

Fred  J.   Loser, 

W.  J.   Bond, 

Carml. 

Symerton. 

Peoria. 

Little  York. 

John    Weasel, 

Fred   Marti 

John   D.    Fandel, 

Norris   City. 

Metamora. 

WASHINGTON 

Lewis    Stein, 
Grayville. 

Jacob  Kraff, 

O.   B.    Meister, 
Metamora. 

J.    W.    Koenigsmark, 
Ashley. 

John    Ackerman, 
Crossville. 

Monce. 
Nicholas    Wilter, 

Jeff  Greniter, 
Roanoke. 

J.    T.   Lane, 

Frank   McGoWen, 

Lockport. 

Floyd    Ekies, 

Nashville. 

Epworth. 

George  Bridge, 

Secor. 

Frank  Mierkowski, 

Oliver  Aldridge, 

Elwood. 

Arch   Nethercott, 

Du   Bois. 

Carmi. 

Alex   Nicholson, 

Gridley. 

Fred    Pruehsner, 

225  Cora  Street, 

C.   C.   Erskin, 

"Nashville. 

WHITESIDE 

Joliet. 

El    Paso. 

Peter    Szabelslu, 

Chas.    Wolf, 

James    Zerinn, 

Dave   Snyder, 

Du   Bois. 

Sterling. 

Lockport. 

Secor. 

Ed  Hake, 

Thomas   McCue, 

A.    E.    Bundo, 

J.    S.    Sharp, 

Hoyleton. 

Sterling. 

Wilmington. 

Eureka. 

F.    H.    Weber, 
Richview. 

E.  U.   Taylor, 
Rock   Falls. 

George    Mundt, 
Manhattan. 

George    Ludwig, 
Eureka. 

Herman   Vortmann, 

Matt   Grennen, 

C.    F.    Sterns, 

H.   O.    Zeegler, 

Venedy. 
Mike   Juenger, 

Rock   Falls. 
James   Derim, 

Colp. 
John    Cox, 

Goodfield. 
W.   M.    Scorch, 

Coulterville. 

Deer  Grove. 

Johnston   City. 

Carlock. 

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ILLINOIS  ROADS  ARE  DOING  THEIR  OWN  VOTE  SOLICITING 

From  The  Chicago  Daily  News,  October  25,  1918 


"GOOD  ROADS" 

[Founded    in    1892] 

Construction  —  Transportation  —  Maintenance 

The  NATIONAL  WEEKLY  for 

Road  and  Street  Officials,  Engineers  and  Contractors  and 
Men  En^a&ed  in  Highway  Transportation 

FOR  twenty-seven  years  "GOOD  ROADS"  has  labored 
in  season  and  out  of  season  for  intelligent  road  better- 
ment everywhere.  It  is  the  only  weekly  in  its  field  —  in 
which  it  was  the  pioneer— and  is  recognized  as  THE  author- 
ity not  only  on  the  construction  and  maintenance  of  roads 
and  streets,  but  in  highway  transportation  as  well. 

Sample  copy  and  advertising  rates  on  request 

The  E.  L.  POWERS  CO. 

150  Nassau  Street  NEW  YORK  CITY 


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Heavy  Construction 

Scheduled  Speed 

Fixed  Price  Contract 


James  O.  Heyworth 

'Engineer  &  General  Contractor 
Chicago 


Railroad  Work  River  and  Harbor  Work 

Hydro-electric  Development 
Heavy  Excavation       Highway  Construction 


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Use  Stanolind  Paving 
Asphalt 

for  resurfacing  macadam  and 
gravel  roads  and  for  building 
new  roads  by  the  penetration 
method.  Due  to  its  exception- 
ally high  cementing  and  bond- 
ing qualities  it  is  durable  and 
economical. 

Write  for  our  free  booklet,  "Stano- 
lind Paving  Asphalt."  It  gives 
reliable  information  and  complete 
data  on  Asphalt  Macadam  and  other 
types  of  Asphalt  roads. 

Standard  Oil  Company 

(INDIANA) 

910  South  Michigan  Avenue  CHICAGO 

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GARAGE 

is  the  finest  in  the  United  States.  It  is 
the  largest  and  the  best  equipped  in  the 
City.  It  is  one  of  the  most  thoroughly 
fireproof  buildings  ever  built.  It  contains 
84,600  square  feet  of  storage  space,  with 
capacity  for  500  cars. 

The  rates  are  the  lowest  ever  attempted 
in  metropolitan  garage  service. 

RATES 

Storage  (8  hours  or  less)        ...  $  0.40 

Each  additional  hour  or  part  thereof        .  .05 

Twenty-four  Dollar  Coupon  Book       .       .  20.00 

Maximum  charge  for  one  full  day's  storage  (24  hours)  is  $1.00 

Permanent  live  storage,  per  month        .        20.00 

Auto  Entrance  From  Wells  Street  Through  Calhoun  Place 
Between  Washington  and  Madison 

Hotel  La  Salle  Garage 

81 B  W.Washington  St.,  Half  Block  West  of  Wells 


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